Upper Poppleton War Memorial

Junction of The Green and Main Street, Upper Poppleton, York, North Yorkshire

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Overview

First World War memorial, with C21 additions for a later conflict. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454695
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Upper Poppleton War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Junction of The Green and Main Street, Upper Poppleton, York, North Yorkshire

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454695
Date first listed:: 22-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Upper Poppleton War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Junction of The Green and Main Street, Upper Poppleton, York, North Yorkshire

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:: Junction of The Green and Main Street, Upper Poppleton, York, North Yorkshire

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

District:: York (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Upper Poppleton
National Grid Reference:: SE5563554095

Summary

First World War memorial, with C21 additions for a later conflict.

Reasons for Designation

Upper Poppleton War Memorial, which is situated at the junction of The Green and Main Street, 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 First World War.

Architectural interest:

* a well-executed obelisk memorial.

Group value:

* with the various Grade II-listed buildings surrounding the village green.

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 Upper Poppleton as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 11 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.

In 2010 the name of a serviceman who had died earlier that year in Afghanistan was added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial, with C21 additions for a later conflict.

DESCRIPTION: Upper Poppleton war memorial is located at the centre of the village, within an area of planting on a small roundabout at the junction of The Green and Main Street. It is in close proximity to various Grade II-listed buildings surrounding the village green.

The memorial takes the form of a stone obelisk with moulded foot rising from a four-sided, tapered plinth, which in turn surmounts a two-stepped base. The east face of the plinth carries the dedicatory inscription and names in incised lettering. The inscription reads, ERECTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS VILLAGE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-18. The names of 10 men who died are recorded below the inscription within a recessed fielded panel. Beneath the panel there is one further name followed by the words, THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.

Incised to the north side of the plinth is the name of a serviceman who died in 2010 in Afghanistan. The lettering is painted black.

Sources

Websites
Minutes of Upper Poppleton Parish Council, (8 November 2010), accessed 13 February 2018 from http://www.upperpoppletonpc.org.uk/UpperPoppleton/UserFiles/Files/Archived%20Minutes/2010/November%202010.pdf
War Memorials Register, accessed 13 February 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30361

Legal

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