Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial
Churchyard of All Saints Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk, PE32 1LN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442314
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of All Saints Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk, PE32 1LN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1442314
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of All Saints Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk, PE32 1LN
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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 All Saints Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk, PE32 1LN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Leziate
- National Grid Reference:
- TF6983918833
Summary
First World War memorial, c.1920, with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: as a simple but well-executed granite cross;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (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.
Ashwicken memorial, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected, c.1920. The memorial represents the fallen from the villages of Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate. It commemorates nine local servicemen who fell in the First World War and one who fell in the Second World War.
Details
MATERIALS: rough-hewn grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk. It is prominently situated to the right of the church porch. It comprises a wheel-head cross on a plinth with a single-stepped base. It has a smooth face to the front of plinth bearing inscriptions in leaded lettering.
The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THE PARISHES OF/ ASHWICKEN. BAWSEY & LEZIATE/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 22 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
Roll of Honour, accessed 29 Nov 2016 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ashwicken.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/249700
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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