Limpenhoe War Memorial
Limpenhoe War Memorial, St Botolph's Churchyard, Church Road, Limpenhoe, Norfolk, NR13 3JB
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453787
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Limpenhoe War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Limpenhoe War Memorial, St Botolph's Churchyard, Church Road, Limpenhoe, Norfolk, NR13 3JB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1453787
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Limpenhoe War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Limpenhoe War Memorial, St Botolph's Churchyard, Church Road, Limpenhoe, Norfolk, NR13 3JB
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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.
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:
- Limpenhoe War Memorial, St Botolph's Churchyard, Church Road, Limpenhoe, Norfolk, NR13 3JB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
- National Grid Reference:
- TG3952504002
Summary
First World War memorial erected around 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Limpenhoe War Memorial, which is situated in St Botolph’s Churchyard and dates to around 1920, 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 simple but well-executed granite cross.
Group value:
* with the Grade II* listed Church of St Botolph and a Grade II listed Tombstone in the churchyard.
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 Limpenhoe as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Limpenhoe, like many Norfolk war memorials, is situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected around 1920, and commemorates the six local servicemen who fell in the First World War. It was renovated by a local stonemason in time for the start of the First World War centenary period and was re-dedicated on Sunday 10 August 2014.
Details
First World War memorial, erected around 1920.
MATERIALS: grey granite
DESCRIPTION:prominently situated by the churchyard path near to the church entrance. It comprises an about 7ft tall rough-hewn wheel head cross on a plinth with single-stepped base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering, reading: THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD.
Sources
Websites
Great Yarmouth Mercury 08 August 2014, ‘Limpenhoe villagers’ research the focus of poignant WW1 service’ available online, accessed 10 January 2018 from http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/limpenhoe_villagers_research_the_focus_of_poignant_ww1_service_1_3718637
Imperial War Museum Inventory, accessed 10 January 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19693
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/148717/
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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