Buxton War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Buxton, Norfolk, NR10 5JE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442069
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Buxton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Buxton, Norfolk, NR10 5JE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442069
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Buxton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Buxton, Norfolk, NR10 5JE
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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:
- Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Buxton, Norfolk, NR10 5JE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buxton with Lammas
- National Grid Reference:
- TG2333322677
Summary
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Buxton War Memorial, which is situated in St Andrew’s Churchyard, 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;
* Design: as an elegant Portland stone wheel-head cross;
* Group value: with the Church of St Andrew (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.
73 men from Buxton, of a population of 350, joined up during the First World War according to local newspapers at the time. These numbers suggest that 21 per cent of the population joined, and of those 73 men, 27 per cent were killed.
The memorial to these men, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. There is also a roll of honour in St Andrew’s Church. The memorial was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Thetford in February 1920.
The memorial originally commemorated 20 local servicemen who fell in the First World War, but an additional four names of men who fell in the Second World War were added later.
The memorial was renovated in 1999.
Details
MATERIALS: Portland stone
DESCRIPTION: Buxton War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Mill Street, Buxton, Norfolk. It is prominently situated in the SW corner of the churchyard, overlooking the junctions of Mill Street, Coltishall Road and Aylsham Road. It comprises a 3.3m high wheel-head cross on an elegant octagonal tapering shaft with moulded base, which stands upon a tapering plinth bearing inscriptions and a two-stepped base below.
The inscription is incised and on the front (E) face of the plinth reads IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE SONS OF BUXTON/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ THEIR HOMES & THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WARS/ 1914 – 1919/ 1939 – 1945.
The N and S faces read THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ (NAMES).
The W face reads THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE/ THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 29 Nov 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19643
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 Nov 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/196260
Other
Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal, Saturday 21 February 1920, p.7
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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