Easingwold War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452747
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Easingwold War Memorial
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452747
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Easingwold War Memorial
- Location Description:
- At the north eastern corner of Easingwold Market Place, at the south end of Spring Street, west of The Crescent.
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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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Easingwold
- National Grid Reference:
- SE5291369885
Summary
First World War memorial with added inscriptions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Easingwold War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a good example of a First World War memorial, well executed with good quality materials.
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. One such memorial was raised at Easingwold as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, commemorating 57 local servicemen who died during the First World War. It is not known when the memorial was erected, but it is shown on the 1938 Ordnance Survey map. In 1942 the Easingwold branch of the British Legion held a fundraising drive that raised £41 16s for the permanent endowment of the war memorial and following the Second World War a dedication was added to commemorate the 15 Fallen of that conflict. In 2016 the memorial was conserved with grant aid from War Memorials Trust.
Details
First World War memorial with added inscriptions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: granite with painted incised inscriptions.
DESCRIPTION: a gable topped granite obelisk which sits on a double plinth set on a three stepped base. The inscriptions are incised into raised panels on the east and west faces of the obelisk and are painted black. At the top of both of these raised panels is a metal laurel wreath in relief. The inscription on the east face reads IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY with 57 names listed below by surname and initials. On the plinth below, the inscription “FOR KING AND COUNTRY.”/ 1914 – 1919. is incised. On the west face of the obelisk 12 names are listed, again by surname, under the inscription “FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM.”, while the plinth below is inscribed 1939 – 1945.
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, 31 January 2018.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29599
War Memorials Online, accessed 31 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/132630
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
The listed building, the war memorial, is shown coloured blue on the attached map. Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’), structures attached to or within the curtilage of the listed building (save those coloured blue on the map) are not to be treated as part of the listed building for the purposes of the Act.
Map
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