Briston War Memorial
All Saints' Churchyard, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk, NR24 2LE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442122
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Briston War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints' Churchyard, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk, NR24 2LE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442122
- Date first listed:
- 04-Apr-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Briston War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saints' Churchyard, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk, NR24 2LE
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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:
- All Saints' Churchyard, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk, NR24 2LE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Briston
- National Grid Reference:
- TG0623432560
Summary
First World War memorial, circa 1920, with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
Briston War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints' 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 a small but elegant and finely worked cross with wreath and sword and relief-carved inscriptions;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints and the Grade II-listed Church House.
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.
Briston, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected circa 1920. The memorial commemorates 25 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. Seven names of men who fell in the Second World War were added later.
Details
Briston War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk. It is prominently situated beside the path leading through the churchyard. It comprises a Latin stone cross with fine Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief, as well as a wreath carved around the cross head. It is set upon a double, four-sided plinth with chamfered corners, on a single-stepped base.
The plinth bears inscriptions carved in relief which read IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BRISTON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ (NAMES)// THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE// 1939 1945/ (NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 June 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19953
War Memorials Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209262
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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