Bow Parish War Memorial Cross
The churchyard, St Bartholomew's Church, Nymet Tracey, Bow, Devon, EX17 6DB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448434
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bow Parish War Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard, St Bartholomew's Church, Nymet Tracey, Bow, Devon, EX17 6DB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1448434
- Date first listed:
- 09-Aug-2017
- List Entry Name:
- Bow Parish War Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- The churchyard, St Bartholomew's Church, Nymet Tracey, Bow, Devon, EX17 6DB
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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:
- The churchyard, St Bartholomew's Church, Nymet Tracey, Bow, Devon, EX17 6DB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Mid Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bow
- National Grid Reference:
- SS7271800670
Summary
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bow Parish War Memorial Cross, which stands outside St Bartholomew’s Church, Nymet Tracey is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* As an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on several local communities, and the sacrifice they made in the conflicts of the C20;
Architectural interest:
* A simple yet poignant war memorial cross in granite;
Group value:
* With the Grade I-listed Church of St Bartholomew and numerous Grade II-listed churchyard monuments.
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 outside St Bartholomew’s Church at Nymet Tracey as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 12 men from Bow parish, who lost their lives in the First World War. Following the Second World War the names of the local men who died in that conflict were added to the base of the memorial cross.
Details
The tall granite cross stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew (Grade I-listed), close to the entrance gate at the north-west corner of the churchyard. It comprises a rough-hewn Latin cross rising from a tapering plinth which stands on a three-stepped base. The names of the 12 First World War casualties are recorded on the front face of the plinth. The principal dedicatory inscription below reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. On the front face of the step are the dates 1939 – 1945, blow which are four names. A further name is recorded on the upper surface of the middle step.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 21 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25254
War Memorials Online, accessed 21 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/235318/
Devon Heritage, accessed 21 June 2016 from http://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Bow/BowWarMemorial.htm
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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