Ellingham War Memorial

St Mary's Churchyard, Mill Pool Lane, Ellingham, Norfolk, NR35 2EP

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447563
Date first listed:: 27-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Ellingham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Mary's Churchyard, Mill Pool Lane, Ellingham, Norfolk, NR35 2EP

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447563
Date first listed:: 27-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Ellingham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Mary's Churchyard, Mill Pool Lane, Ellingham, Norfolk, NR35 2EP

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: St Mary's Churchyard, Mill Pool Lane, Ellingham, Norfolk, NR35 2EP

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Ellingham
National Park:: THE BROADS
National Grid Reference:: TM3663591898

Summary

First World War memorial, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Ellingham 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: * as an elegant and well-executed Latin cross memorial.

Group value: * for its relationship with the Grade I-listed Church of St Mary.

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 Ellingham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Like many Norfolk war memorials, Ellingham's is situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected not long after the end of the First World War. It commemorates ten local servicemen who fell in the First World War and six men who fell in the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Ellingham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed). It is prominently situated near the churchyard entrance, just off the main pathway to the church.

The memorial takes the form of a Latin cross-head with collar beneath on a tall, octagonal shaft, surmounting a tapering four-sided plinth and a three-stepped octagonal stone base. The plinth and uppermost step of the base carry the inscriptions in incised lettering painted black.

The principal inscription to the east face of the plinth reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ THE ELLINGHAM MEN/ WHO DIED ON SERVICE/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The north and south faces carry the names of the Fallen.

Below the principal inscription, on the top step of the base, are the dates 1939 – 1945, flanked by the names of the fallen from the Second World War, three to each side.

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, 25 September 2017.

Sources

Websites
Geograph, accessed 17 May 2017 from http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2525767
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253535
Other
OS Map 1:2500 (1927 edn)

Legal

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