All Cannings and Allington War Memorial Cross
The churchyard, All Saints Church, The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, SN10 3PF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1450977
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- All Cannings and Allington War Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard, All Saints Church, The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, SN10 3PF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1450977
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-2017
- List Entry Name:
- All Cannings and Allington War Memorial Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- The churchyard, All Saints Church, The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, SN10 3PF
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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, All Saints Church, The Street, All Cannings, Devizes, SN10 3PF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- All Cannings
- National Grid Reference:
- SU0694161602
Summary
First World War memorial cross, unveiled 1920.
Reasons for Designation
All Cannings and Allington War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, 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 First World War.
Architectural interest:
* a simple yet poignant wheel-head memorial cross;
* unusually, the cross has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent.
Group value:
* with the Church of All Saints (Grade II*) and a number of Grade II-listed buildings including Church Hatch, the Corner Pier to the garden of The Old Rectory, and a group of 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 erected at All Cannings in 1920 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 15 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Details
The memorial stands in the northern corner of the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*), adjacent to the main road through the village and the principal entrance to the churchyard. It is in close proximity to a number of Grade II-listed buildings and churchyard monuments.
The memorial comprises a stone wheel-head cross rising from a large tapering plinth and a single-stepped base. The face of the cross is decorated with an equal-armed cross bottonée carved in low relief. The memorial stands in a gravelled area, bordered by a low stone kerb with small pillars at each corner.
Arranged down the front of the cross shaft in raised lettering, an inscription reads TO/ THE/ FALLEN/ 1914/ 1918/ THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE with a small Maltese cross carved below.
On the front face of the plinth in raised lettering the principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF ALL CANNINGS AND ALLINGTON/ WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES).
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 22 November 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 22 November 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/23896
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/171636
Roll of Honour, All Cannings (Wiltshire), accessed 19 May 2017 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Wiltshire/AllCannings.html
Wiltshire Community History, accessed 25 September 2017 from https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getimage.php?id=3337
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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