Sacred Trinity, Salford War Memorial

Sacred Trinity Churchyard, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW

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First World War memorial. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441038
Date first listed:: 14-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Sacred Trinity, Salford War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Sacred Trinity Churchyard, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441038
Date first listed:: 14-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Sacred Trinity, Salford War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Sacred Trinity Churchyard, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Sacred Trinity Churchyard, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 5DW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SJ8350398707

Summary

First World War memorial.

Reasons for Designation

Sacred Trinity, Salford War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the First World War; * Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified granite wheel-head cross; * Historic association: with one of the most famous civilian casualties of the First World War, Edith Cavell, victim and propaganda cult figure; * Group value: with the Church of the Sacred Trinity (Grade II*) and the Punch Bowl Public House (Grade II).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Salford as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

It commemorates 124 local servicemen who died during the First World War and one of the most famous civilian casualties of the First World War, Edith Cavell. Cavell worshipped at Salford’s Sacred Trinity Church in the period 1906-7 when she lived in the area and worked at the Manchester and Salford Workhouse under the auspices of the Queen's Nursing Institute. During the war, Cavell became involved in helping allied soldiers caught behind enemy lines to escape to Britain through Holland. She was arrested and killed in August 1915.

Details

MATERIALS: rough-hewn granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located within the churchyard of the Church of the Sacred Trinity (Grade II*). It comprises a wheel-head cross on a shaft rising from a square plinth set upon a two-stepped base. There is a Sword of Sacrifice on the face of the cross head and running down the shaft.

The faces of the plinth have polished smooth panels which bear the names of the fallen as well as the dedication which reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (125 NAMES)/ PRO PATRIA OBIT 1914 – 1918.

Sources

Websites
Salford War Memorials, accessed 21 Oct 2016 from www.salfordwarmemorials.co.uk/sacred-trinity-cross-trinity.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 October 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/163570
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 October 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15983

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.