East Bilney War Memorial

St Mary’s Churchyard, Fludge's Lane, Beetley with East Bilney, Norfolk, NR20 4HN

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447864
Date first listed:: 03-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: East Bilney War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Mary’s Churchyard, Fludge's Lane, Beetley with East Bilney, Norfolk, NR20 4HN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447864
Date first listed:: 03-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: East Bilney War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Mary’s Churchyard, Fludge's Lane, Beetley with East Bilney, Norfolk, NR20 4HN

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 Mary’s Churchyard, Fludge's Lane, Beetley with East Bilney, Norfolk, NR20 4HN

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Breckland (District Authority)
Parish:: Beetley
National Grid Reference:: TF9561819562

Summary

First World War memorial.

Reasons for Designation

East Bilney 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 during the First World War.

Architectural interest: * a well-executed stone obelisk.

Group Value: with the Grade II* 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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at East Bilney as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was presumably erected not long after the end of the war and, like many Norfolk war memorials, is situated within the churchyard. The memorial commemorates the four local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

Details

First World War memorial.

MATERIALS: stone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II* listed). It takes the form of an obelisk rising from a four-sided tapering plinth on a three-stepped base.

INSCRIPTION: all lettering is incised. The inscription is on the east face of the plinth and reads: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (4 NAMES)/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. To the step below is the inscription: R.I.P ,in foliate-style lettering.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 May 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/208155/
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 May 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19779

Legal

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