Notton War Memorial

Lacock Cemetery, West Street, Melksham Road, Lacock, Wiltshire, SN15 2LH

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451057
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Notton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Lacock Cemetery, West Street, Melksham Road, Lacock, Wiltshire, SN15 2LH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1451057
Date first listed:: 07-Nov-2017
List Entry Name:: Notton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Lacock Cemetery, West Street, Melksham Road, Lacock, Wiltshire, SN15 2LH

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:: Lacock Cemetery, West Street, Melksham Road, Lacock, Wiltshire, SN15 2LH

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

District:: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Lacock
National Grid Reference:: ST9148368348

Summary

First World War memorial cross.

Reasons for Designation

Notton War Memorial, which stands in Lacock cemetery, 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 memorial cross; * unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second World War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent.

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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Notton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by four members of the community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial now stands in Lacock cemetery, having been moved from its original location because of a road scheme.

Details

The stone memorial stands to the south of the chapel building (unlisted) in the cemetery on the east side of the Melksham Road. It comprises a slender Latin cross, octagonal in section, rising from a tapering octagonal shaft that stands on a two-stage square plinth with an octagonal base.

The main inscription, in lettering carved in low relief, runs around the upper stage of the plinth, reading from face to face THEY SLEEP WITH THE EMPIRE'S BEST AND NOBLEST SONS/ WHO IN THE GLORIOUS MORNING OF THEIR DAY/ FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE LOST ALL BUT ENGLAND'S PRAISE. The names are recorded on the front face of the lower stage.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 May 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/157068/
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 May 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24280

Legal

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