Swanton Morley War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, Mill Street, Swanton Morley, Norfolk, NR20 4PB

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Overview

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

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453990
Date first listed:: 16-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Swanton Morley War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Mill Street, Swanton Morley, Norfolk, NR20 4PB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453990
Date first listed:: 16-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Swanton Morley War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, Mill Street, Swanton Morley, Norfolk, NR20 4PB

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Mill Street, Swanton Morley, Norfolk, NR20 4PB

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Breckland (District Authority)
Parish:: Swanton Morley
National Grid Reference:: TG0193417345

Summary

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Swanton Morley War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* 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;

Group value:

* with the Grade I listed Church of All Saints.

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 Swanton Morley as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Swanton Morley War Memorial was unveiled on 23 July 1920 and, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial commemorates 13 (originally 12, one added later) local servicemen who fell in the First World War and four men who fell in the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is located in the churchyard of the Grade I listed All Saints Church. It comprises a stone wheel-head cross on a tapering plinth with moulded cap, on a single-stepped base. The plinth bears the following inscriptions in incised lettering: IN HONOUR OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE// (NAMES)// (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945.

Sources

Websites
UK Inventory of War Memorials , accessed 17 January 2018 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search

Legal

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