Carterton War Memorial
Adjacent to the Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3JL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441794
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Carterton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Adjacent to the Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3JL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1441794
- Date first listed:
- 13-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Carterton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Adjacent to the Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3JL
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Adjacent to the Town Hall, Alvescot Road, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 3JL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Carterton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP2796406709
Summary
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War and for later conflicts.
Reasons for Designation
Carterton 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 conflicts of the C20 and early C21;
* Architectural interest: an ornate and striking cross with carved decorative details.
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 Carterton 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 eight local servicemen who died during the First World War.
Following the Second World War, a dedication was added to commemorate the seven fallen of that conflict. A further name was added in 2008 for one who fell in the Iraq War.
The memorial was originally located at the corner of the crossroads but was moved in the 1980s to the front of the town hall. Its base was originally curved but was changed to a two-stepped square base after relocation. It was changed again to a circular two-stepped base by 2016.
Details
MATERIALS: limestone.
DESCRIPTION: Carterton War Memorial is located in Market Square adjacent to the Town Hall. It consists of a wheel-head Maltese cross with carved beaded detail to the ring on a rectangular shaft which widens towards the base. The shaft rises from a two-stepped circular base.
On the front of the shaft is a raised shield bearing the First World War dedication TO THE MEMORY/ OF CARTERTON MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES). Below this on the shaft are later inscriptions which read 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ 2008/ (NAME) (IRAQ).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 9 Nov 2016 from www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/209172
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 Nov 2016 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/31509
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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