Hilborough War Memorial

All Saints' Churchyard, A1065, Hilborough, Norfolk

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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:: 1450619
Date first listed:: 16-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Hilborough War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints' Churchyard, A1065, Hilborough, Norfolk

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1450619
Date first listed:: 16-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Hilborough War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints' Churchyard, A1065, Hilborough, Norfolk

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:: All Saints' Churchyard, A1065, Hilborough, Norfolk

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Breckland (District Authority)
Parish:: Hilborough
National Grid Reference:: TF8254800019

Summary

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Hilborough War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints’ 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:

* A well-executed wheel-head cross memorial.

Group value:

* With the Grade I listed Church of All Saints.

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 Hilborough, 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, the example at Hilborough is situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably unveiled not long after the end of the First World War. It originally commemorated eight servicemen from the parish who died in the First World War; however, an additional name was included on the memorial at a later date.

Following the Second World War, the names of five men who died in that conflict were added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: limestone cross.

DESCRIPTION: Hilborough war memorial is located in the churchyard to the west of the tower to the Church of All Saints (Grade I listed).

It takes the form of a wheel-head cross on a tall shaft with a molded foot. The cross and shaft are inset to the west face, and the cross-head has the monogram HIS carved in relief to its centre with a carved roundel on each of the three cross arms. The shaft rises from a tapering, four-sided plinth, which surmounts a block base. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering.

INSCRIPTION: the principal inscription is to the front (west) face and reads: SACRED/ TO THE/ UNFADING MEMORY/ OF THE EIGHT YOUNG MEN OF/ HILBOROUGH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR. The nine names are listed on the north and south faces of the plinth. The original eight names include the serviceman’s regiment, and the date and location of death. The additional name added at a later date only includes details of his regiment.

The Second World War dedication is to the east face of the plinth and reads: HILBOROUGH & BODNEY/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (5 NAMES).

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 13 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/180911/

Legal

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