Beighton War Memorial

Outside All Saint's Churchyard, Church Hill, Beighton, Norfolk

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First World War memorial with Second World War addition. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453663
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Beighton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Outside All Saint's Churchyard, Church Hill, Beighton, Norfolk

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453663
Date first listed:: 27-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Beighton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Outside All Saint's Churchyard, Church Hill, Beighton, Norfolk

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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:: Outside All Saint's Churchyard, Church Hill, Beighton, Norfolk

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Broadland (District Authority)
Parish:: Beighton
National Grid Reference:: TG3863508320

Summary

First World War memorial with Second World War addition.

Reasons for Designation

Beighton War Memorial, which is situated outside 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:

* a well-executed wheel-head cross memorial.

Group value:

* with the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints, Beighton.

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 Beighton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the eight members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was probably erected not long after the end of the conflict.

Following the Second World War a dedication was added to the memorial for the single casualty from that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War addition.

DESCRIPTION: Beighton War Memorial is located just outside the entrance to the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints, Beighton.

It takes the form of a stone wheel-head cross with Celtic knot work designs carved in relief to the north-west face of the cross-head and wheel. It has a square shaft with moulded foot, which carries the dedication, TO THE GLORY OF GOD, on the north-west face. The shaft rises from a four-sided, chamfered plinth surmounting a three-stepped, stone base; the upper-step is square with chamfered corners which have semi-circular projections from the chamfered face, while the remaining two steps are octagonal. The whole stands on a square concrete foundation.

The principal inscription is to a stone plaque on the north-west face of the plinth; the plaque is gabled with a ball finial. The inscription reads, AND/ IN UNDYING HONOUR OF/ BEIGHTON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (8 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

A further dedication is inscribed to the south-west face, which reads ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939 - 45 WAR.

All lettering is incised, painted black.

Sources

Websites
Geograph, accessed 05 January 2018 from http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4438301
Roll of Honour, accessed 05 January 2018 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Beighton.html

Legal

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