Briston War Memorial

All Saints' Churchyard, Church Street, Briston, Norfolk, NR24 2LE

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Overview

First World War memorial, circa 1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

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

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:: 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 Online, accessed 5 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/209262
War Memorials Register, accessed 5 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19953

Legal

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