Boltongate War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, B5299, Boltongate, Cumbria, CA7 1DA

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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:: 1457953
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Boltongate War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, B5299, Boltongate, Cumbria, CA7 1DA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1457953
Date first listed:: 07-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Boltongate War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, B5299, Boltongate, Cumbria, CA7 1DA

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:: All Saints Churchyard, B5299, Boltongate, Cumbria, CA7 1DA

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

District:: Cumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Boltons
National Grid Reference:: NY2297840812

Summary

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

Reasons for Designation

Boltongate 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 a simple but well-executed granite cross.

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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Boltongate as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Boltongate War Memorial was situated within the churchyard. The memorial commemorates 12 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and (later) six men who fell in the Second World War. The memorial was presumably unveiled around 1920. It was made by Messrs Rogerson of Carlisle and cost £92.

Details

First World War memorial, erected around 1920.

MATERIALS: grey granite.

DESCRIPTION: Boltongate War Memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saints Church, B5299, Boltongate, Cumbria. It is prominently situated by the churchyard wall and path leading to the church. It comprises a wheel-head Celtic cross with knot work carving to the head, on a wide shaft and tapering, four-sided plinth. The shaft and plinth bears the First World War inscription. A low stone block with slate plaque has been added at the foot to bear a Second World War inscription.

The inscription reads: (NAMES)// TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ “WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL ?/ WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVES ?”// (slate plaque in front:) IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US.

Sources

Websites
War Memorial Register, accessed 2 April 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4008
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 April 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/118679/

Legal

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