Honing War Memorial

St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Honing Long Lane, Honing, Norfolk

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled 3 October 1919. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451031
Date first listed:: 02-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Honing War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Honing Long Lane, Honing, Norfolk

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451031
Date first listed:: 02-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Honing War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Honing Long Lane, Honing, 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:: St Peter & St Paul's Churchyard, Honing Long Lane, Honing, Norfolk

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Honing
National Grid Reference:: TG3264627998

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled 3 October 1919.

Reasons for Designation

Honing War Memorial , which is situated in St Peter and St Paul’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 First World War.

Architectural interest:

* an elegant wheel-head cross fleurée memorial with finely carved details.

Group value:

* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter and St Paul.

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 Honing as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 13 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Formal discussions about a memorial for the parish of Honing began in July 1918, with a scheme agreed in March 1919. The proposal was to erect a memorial cross on an area known as the ‘Parish Plain’ (which now forms part of the churchyard). The memorial cost just under £190 and was paid for by public subscription. It was commissioned from Messrs Cornish and Gaymer of North Walsham, designed by John Gaymer.

The memorial was unveiled on 3 October 1919 and dedicated by the Bishop of Norwich. At the time of its unveiling 11 names were listed on the memorial. However, in 1924, a further two names were added to the memorial of men who had died from their wounds after the end of the war. The work was again done by Cornish and Gaymer.

In 2012 the memorial was restored following grant funding from War Memorials Trust.

Details

First World War memorial, 1919.

DESCRIPTION: Honing war memorial is located in the churchyard, to the east of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter and St Paul.

It is of Clipsham sandstone and takes the form of a small wheel-head cross fleurée above a moulded collar with floral carvings. This crowns a slender, fluted shaft, which terminates in a square base with inverted chamfered stops to the corners. The shaft rises from a four-sided plinth with a moulded foot, surmounting a three-stepped octagonal base. The whole stands on an octagonal concrete platform.

The plinth bears the inscriptions and names, carved in relief. The east face reads TO THE PRAISE OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM HONING WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The 13 names are listed on the remaining faces of the plinth grouped by regiment or military service.

Sources

Websites
Honing War Memorial, accessed 26 September 2017 from https://honingvillage.wordpress.com/churches/st-peter-and-st-paul-honing/honing-war-memorial/
War Memorials Online, accessed 22 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/133856/
War Memorials Register , accessed 22 September 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/65157
War Memorials Trust, accessed 26 September 2017 from http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=969

Legal

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