Antingham War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Antingham, Norfolk, NR28 0NL

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First World War memorial with later additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442293
Date first listed:: 15-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Antingham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Antingham, Norfolk, NR28 0NL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442293
Date first listed:: 15-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Antingham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Antingham, Norfolk, NR28 0NL

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:: Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Antingham, Norfolk, NR28 0NL

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Antingham
National Grid Reference:: TG2526732878

Summary

First World War memorial with later additions.

Reasons for Designation

Antingham War Memorial, which is situated in St Mary’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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a simple yet dignified granite memorial cross; * Group value: with the Church of St Mary (Grade I) and the remains of the Church of St Margaret (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.

The Antingham memorial, like many Norfolk war memorials, was erected within the churchyard and was completed and dedicated by 1921. The memorial commemorates four local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

The additional Second World War plaque was installed in 2014 and the memorial rededicated at the village Remembrance Service that year.

Details

MATERIALS: rough-hewn grey granite.

DESCRIPTION: Antingham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Antingham, North Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the path leading to the church. It comprises a wheel-head cross on a plinth which has a smooth face to the front bearing inscriptions in leaded lettering. The Second World War dedication is on a separate step placed at the front foot of the cross.

Four First World War names and two Second World War names are written on the memorial. The First World War names includes a Military Cross winner who was the Rector’s son, and to whom an oak reredos was dedicated inside the church in 1924.

The inscription on the plinth is in leaded lettering and reads: LEST WE FORGET/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF ANTINGHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ FOR ENGLAND, HOME, AND FREEDOM / (NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

The Second World War inscription reads: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/201074
War Memorials Register, accessed 29 Nov 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56379
Other
‘An Antingham Dedication’, Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal, Saturday 28 June 1924, p9
Antingham, North Norfolk News 24, 20 November 2014

Legal

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