Ashby St Mary war memorial

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War memorial, erected c1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442007
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Ashby St Mary war memorial

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442007
Date first listed:: 06-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Ashby St Mary war memorial
Location Description:: Church of St Mary, Church Road, Ashby St Mary, Norwich

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

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County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Ashby St. Mary
National Grid Reference:: TG3291502230

Summary

War memorial, erected c1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars.

Reasons for Designation

Ashby St Mary 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 the local community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Group value: for its relationship with the Church of St Mary (listed at Grade II*), with which it forms a group.

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 the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at the Church of St Mary in Ashby St Mary as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The war memorial at the Church of St Mary was probably erected c1920, and commemorates three local men who fell during the First World War (1914-18), and one local man who fell during the Second World War (1939-45). The war memorial is shown in its current location within the churchyard on the 1928 Ordnance Survey map.

Details

War memorial, erected c1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars.

The war memorial takes the form of a plain metal Latin cross, standing atop a tall square-plan stone pillar, stone plinth and two-stepped stone base. The plinth bears a recessed panel on its east elevation, with an inserted metal plaque, which reads: ‘TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (3 NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN BATTLE 1914-8’. A stone tablet was later added to the south elevation of the plinth, and reads, ‘TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ WHO FELL IN BATTLE 1939/1945’.

The memorial stands within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Ashby St Mary, to the left of the south porch of the church.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 February 2017.

Sources

Websites
Ashby St Mary Parish Council, Ashby St Mary War Memorial, accessed 29 November 2016 from http://www.ashbystmary.org.uk/memorial.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235278
War Memorials Register, accessed 29 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56425

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(s) is/are 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.