Bamford War Memorial

Bamford War Memorial, The Church of St Michael, Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Bamford, Rochdale, OL10 4BB

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Overview

First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Stone column surmounted by a cross, set on a stone podium. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441120
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Bamford War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Bamford War Memorial, The Church of St Michael, Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Bamford, Rochdale, OL10 4BB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1441120
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2016
List Entry Name:: Bamford War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Bamford War Memorial, The Church of St Michael, Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Bamford, Rochdale, OL10 4BB

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:: Bamford War Memorial, The Church of St Michael, Bury and Rochdale Old Road, Bamford, Rochdale, OL10 4BB

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

District:: Rochdale (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD8567512080

Summary

First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Stone column surmounted by a cross, set on a stone podium.

Reasons for Designation

Bamford War Memorial, dedicated 9 May 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design interest: it is a dignified monument in the form of a Latin cross, executed in good quality materials, which provides an elegant and fitting tribute to the Fallen of the town from both World Wars.

History

Bamford War Memorial was created as a memorial to the men of the town who fell during the First World War. The first meeting to plan for the erection of the memorial took place on 23 February 1919, it was completed at a cost of £108, and it was dedicated on 9 May 1920. Following the Second World War it was also dedicated to the fallen of that conflict. The memorial was originally sited in the church yard to the W of the Church of St Michael, but was subsequently moved to its present location at the base of the entrance steps to the church yard.

Details

First World War memorial, dedicated 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite.

The Bamford war memorial is situated on the N side of Bury and Rochdale Old Road, on the pavement in front of the entrance steps to the churchyard of the Church of St Michael. It comprises a square stone shaft raised on a pedestal and a two-stepped podium, surmounted by a Latin cross with recessed panels and decorated by a central knot; the base of the cross is decorated by a Laurel wreath. The shaft has a recessed panel containing a sheathed broadsword carved in relief; it stands on a convex square base. The front panel (SE) of the pedestal is recessed with a raised dedication that reads TO THE / MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO HAVE / FALLEN IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / R.I.P. A dedication that reads 1939 – 1945 is inscribed into the convex surface of the cross base. The 49 names of the Fallen of the First and Second World Wars are inscribed and painted into the convex surface of the base, the plain cornice of the pedestal, the three side panels, and the sides of the top step of the podium.

Sources

Websites
Bamford War Memorial and St. Michael's Copyright David Dixon cc-by-sa/2.0::Geograph Britain, accessed 3 November 2016 from www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2171166
War Memorials Online, accessed 3 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/155715
War Memorials Register, accessed 3 November 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/44851

Legal

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

The listed building is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.