Shouldham War Memorial

Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Norwich Road, Shouldham, Norfolk, PE33 0DB

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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:: 1456811
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-2018
List Entry Name:: Shouldham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Norwich Road, Shouldham, Norfolk, PE33 0DB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1456811
Date first listed:: 11-Jun-2018
List Entry Name:: Shouldham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Norwich Road, Shouldham, Norfolk, PE33 0DB

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:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Norwich Road, Shouldham, Norfolk, PE33 0DB

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Shouldham
National Grid Reference:: TF6810508888

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Shouldham War Memorial, which is situated in 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 this local community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* as an elegant and well-executed Portland stone cross.

Group value:

* with the site of medieval settlement remains immediately west of All Saints' Church (scheduled monument), the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints and two Grade II-listed headstones to members of the Mills family 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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Shouldham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Shouldham War Memorial, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected around 1920. The memorial commemorates 27 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and one man who fell in the Second World War.

Details

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

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Shouldham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Norwich Road, Shouldham, Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the churchyard path that leads to the entrance to the church. It comprises a budded cross head with shield at centre, atop a tall, slender, octagonal shaft with gable-moulded collar and moulded foot, which stands on a square plinth and two-tiered octagonal stepped base. The plinth and uppermost step of the base bear the inscriptions.

The inscription reads IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918// (NAMES)// 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).

Sources

Websites
Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (2009 revised edition), Shouldham Conservation Area Character Statement, accessed 2 April 2018 from https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjUi6-4hazRAhXIYFAKHaEdCLkQFggfMAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.west-norfolk.gov.uk%2Fdownload%2Fdownloads%2Fid%2F1928%2Fshouldham_conservation_area_leafletpdf.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHB9Zbuz-vvvGR9l0D2auswAFCYoQ&sig2=TwqWjGZsfauEMQelJdBTUw&bvm=bv.142059868,d.ZWM

Legal

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