Hardley War Memorial
St Margaret's churchyard, Lower Hardley Road, Hardley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BU
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444249
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Hardley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Margaret's churchyard, Lower Hardley Road, Hardley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BU
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1444249
- Date first listed:
- 20-Mar-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Hardley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Margaret's churchyard, Lower Hardley Road, Hardley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BU
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.
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:
- St Margaret's churchyard, Lower Hardley Road, Hardley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6BU
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Langley with Hardley
- National Park:
- The Broads
- National Grid Reference:
- TG3853600740
Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 1920. Wheel-head Celtic stone cross on a tapering plinth with two-stepped base.
Reasons for Designation
Hardley War Memorial, which stands in the 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 First World War;
* Architectural interest: an intricately ornamented wheel-head cross in the Celtic style;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of St Margaret.
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Hardley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial, costing £40, was unveiled in 1920 in commemoration of seven local servicemen who died in the First World War. The memorial was renovated in 2016 with the assistance of grant-aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
Hardley War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret (Grade I-listed). It is prominently situated beside the churchyard path, adjacent to the north porch of the church. The memorial comprises a stone wheel head cross with knot-work carved in low relief to the cross face, and with the monogram IHS at the centre, on a tapering plinth with two-stepped, square, base below. The phrase THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE is incised in a scroll shape to the front face of the cross shaft.
The principal dedicatory inscription is incised to the front face of the plinth, reading IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ HARDLEY./ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919./ (7 NAMES). Below on the riser of the top step is “MAY THEY REST IN PEACE”.
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, 21 March 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Trust, Grants Showcase, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1365
Langley with Hardley Parish Council Minutes, 3 November 2015, accessed 31 January 2017 from http://langleywithhardleypc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/category/parish-council/minutes/
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148150/
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 March 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72055
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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