Winterborne Stickland War Memorial

North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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Overview

A First World War memorial, erected in the 1920s; altered after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453389
Date first listed:: 05-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Winterborne Stickland War Memorial
Statutory Address:: North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453389
Date first listed:: 05-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Winterborne Stickland War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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:: North Street, Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum, Dorset

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

District:: Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Winterborne Stickland
National Grid Reference:: ST8352504641

Summary

A First World War memorial, erected in the 1920s; altered after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Winterborne Stickland 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 the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;

Architectural interest:

* a simple yet poignant stone memorial cross.

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 750,000 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 Winterborne Stickland, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 12 local parishioners who lost their lives in the First World War.

The memorial was erected in the 1920s, and is shown on the 2nd revision of the Ordnance Survey County Series 1:2500 map sheet (1923-1933).

The names of six parishioners who died during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

A First World War memorial, erected in the 1920s; altered after the Second World War.

The stone memorial stands in a public garden, bounded by flint and brick walls on three sides, in front of a former Primitive Chapel (1877). The memorial is a simple wheel-head Celtic stone cross, with carved knotwork to the head and a central ‘IHS’ roundel. The cross stands on a simple plinth, above a stepped platform. The rear of the memorial is roughly finished, whilst the front and sides have been worked to a smooth finish.

The principal face of the plinth is inscribed with metal lettering: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE HONOUR/ AND FREEDOM OF THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 and the names of the 12 men who lost their lives in the First World War. Below this on the top step of the platform is similarly inscribed the names of the six parishioners who died in the Second World War, with the dates 1939-1945 below.

Sources

Websites
Dorset in the Great War - war memorials website - Winterborne Stickland, accessed 20/12/17 from http://dorsetinthegreatwar.co.uk/winterbornestickland.html
Imperial War Museums War Memorials Register – Winterborne Stickland (942), accessed 20/12/17 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/942
North Dorset Explorer (Interactive Map) - Winterborne Stickland Conservation Area boundary, accessed 20/12/2017 from http://explorer.geowessex.com/nddc
War Memorials Online Database - Winterborne Stickland WMO121567, accessed 20/12/17 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121567/
Other
Ordnance Survey County Series (1:2500), Dorset, 2nd revision 1923-33.

Legal

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