Edgefield War Memorial

The Green, Norwich Road, Edgefield, Norfolk, NR24 2AL

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Overview

First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455235
Date first listed:: 29-May-2018
List Entry Name:: Edgefield War Memorial
Statutory Address:: The Green, Norwich Road, Edgefield, Norfolk, NR24 2AL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455235
Date first listed:: 29-May-2018
List Entry Name:: Edgefield War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: The Green, Norwich Road, Edgefield, Norfolk, NR24 2AL

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:: The Green, Norwich Road, Edgefield, Norfolk, NR24 2AL

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: North Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Edgefield
National Grid Reference:: TG0972834485

Summary

First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Edgefield War Memorial, erected 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 pillar with a stone head surmounted by a 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 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 erected in Edgefield in around 1920 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by five local servicemen who fell in the First World War, seven wounded in the First World War and a further 28 who served in the First World War. Following the Second World War the names of local servicemen who died in that conflict were added to the memorial.

Around £2,000 was spent on the memorial in 2004, resulting in the inscriptions being replaced with affixed polished black plaques. The memorial was rededicated the same year.

Details

First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Edgefield War Memorial is prominently located on The Green in Norwich Road, Edgefield. It comprises a concrete pillar on a two-stepped square concrete base. The pillar supports a four-sided head made of stone and bearing polished black inscription panels. The head has a cap sculpted to appear tiled, and surmounting this is a Latin cross on a ball. The whole is surrounded by a low kerb. The inscription panels are 2004 additions, replacing the original inscriptions that were carved in relief directly onto the stone but which became weathered and illegible.

The inscription reads: TO KEEP IN REMEMBERANCE/ THE MEN OF EDGEFIELD WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ FALLEN/ (NAMES)/ THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD// WOUNDED/ (NAMES)/ UNTO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT// SERVED/ (NAMES)/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US// SERVED/ (NAMES)/ BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT

The Second World War inscription panel which was added onto the main body of the pillar reads:1939 - 1945 / (NAMES).

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum Memorials Inventory , accessed 1st March 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/73880
War Memorials Online, accessed 1st March 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/164994/

Legal

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