Froxfield War Memorial
All Saint's Churchyard, Church Road, Froxfield, Wiltshire, SN8 3YD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451728
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Froxfield War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- All Saint's Churchyard, Church Road, Froxfield, Wiltshire, SN8 3YD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1451728
- Date first listed:
- 02-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Froxfield War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saint's Churchyard, Church Road, Froxfield, Wiltshire, SN8 3YD
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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.
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:
- All Saint's Churchyard, Church Road, Froxfield, Wiltshire, SN8 3YD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Froxfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SU2959968017
Summary
First World War memorial with Second World War additions.
Reasons for Designation
Froxfield 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:
* as a well-executed granite wheel-head cross memorial.
Group value:
* with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints and the Grade II-listed Tomkins and Newbery 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 at Froxfield as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 14 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was presumably erected not long after the end of the conflict.
Following the Second World War the names of the five parishioners who died in that conflict were added to the memorial; a sixth name was added at a later date.
Details
First World War memorial with Second World War additions.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial stands near the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed); the churchyard also contains the Tomkins and Newbery monuments (both Grade II-listed).
The memorial is of granite and takes the form of a tall, wheel-head cross rising from a tapering, rectangular plinth. This surmounts a two-stepped, rectangular base. The names and inscriptions are all in leaded lettering.
Towards the base of the east face of the cross shaft is the inscription,TO OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD. The names of those who died in the First World War are recorded on the east and west faces of the plinth; seven names to each face, including their rank and regiment, with the dates 1914 – 1918 underneath. On the south face of the plinth is the inscription IN/ THANKFULNESS/ FOR THE/ SAFE RETURN/ OF ALL/ SURVIVORS/ "LAUS DEO!".
On the north face of the plinth is the Second World War dedication, in the same format as the First World War names (5 NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945./ (1 NAME).
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/24116
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/241866/
Sedgwick, C, Froxfield War Memorial, (2015), accessed 18 October 2017 from http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/Items/Froxfield/Froxfield%20-%20War%20Memorial.pdf
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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