Kington Langley War Memorial

St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, SN15 5NR

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1443615
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-2017
List Entry Name:: Kington Langley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, SN15 5NR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1443615
Date first listed:: 14-Mar-2017
List Entry Name:: Kington Langley War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, SN15 5NR

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:: St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Kington Langley, Wiltshire, SN15 5NR

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Kington Langley
National Grid Reference:: ST9240476891

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Kington Langley War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-crafted memorial in the form of a wheel-head cross; * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

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.

One such memorial was erected in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church at Kington Langley to commemorate the 13 local men who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled by Field-Marshall Lord Methuen on 24 October 1920; the dedication was performed by the Archdeacon of North Wiltshire. After the Second World War a further dedicatory inscription, together with the names of the two men who died in that conflict, was added.

Details

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

The memorial takes the form of a granite wheel-head cross and tapering, rectangular-set shaft which stands on an ashlar plinth of two parts. The four faces of the upper plinth are inscribed: To the glory of God / and in memory of / those fallen in the WAR / A.D. 1914 TO 1918. The lower plinth records the names of the Fallen on the W and E faces; the S face is inscribed: A.D. 1939-1945 / (NAMES). The memorial is set on a square base that carries the inscriptions: “The LORD hath wrought great glory by them” and “Their name liveth for evermore” to its E and W faces respectively. It is enclosed by a stone kerb.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 March 2017.

Sources

Websites
Kington Langley War Memorial, St Peter’s Churchyard, Wiltshire OPC Project 2012, updated 2015, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Kington%20Langley/Kington%20Langley%20-%20War%20Memorial%20Inscriptions.pdf
War Memorials Online, accessed 16 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/164853
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24086
Other
The Wiltshire Times, Saturday 30 October 1920. War Memorial Dedication

Legal

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

The listed building(s) is/are shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.