Bleasby War Memorial
Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Main Street, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1462523
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Bleasby War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Main Street, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1462523
- Date first listed:
- 30-May-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Bleasby War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Main Street, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Main Street, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Newark and Sherwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bleasby
- National Grid Reference:
- SK7177349543
Summary
Bleasby War Memorial was unveiled on 2 August 1920. Following the Second World War the names of those who fell during that conflict were added.
Reasons for Designation
Bleasby War Memorial, unveiled in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* it is 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:
* it is a well-detailed war memorial in the form of a churchyard cross embellished with Celtic style carving.
Group value:
* it has group value with the Grade II listed St Mary’s Church.
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 Bleasby as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War
A faculty dated 28 June 1920 gave permission for a memorial cross made of Cornish granite to be erected in St Mary's churchyard, Bleasby. It was unveiled on 2 August 1920. The names of the men from the parish who fell in the Second World War were later added. The memorial was cleaned and restored in 2018 and two additional names of men who died in the Second World War were added.
Details
Bleasby War Memorial was unveiled on 2 August 1920. Following the Second World War the names of those who fell during that conflict were added.
MATERIALS: granite.
PLAN: the memorial is located in the churchyard of the Grade II listed St Mary’s Church, just to the north-east of the lychgate.
EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross rising from a tapered plinth on a low square base. The head of the cross and base of the shaft are embellished with Celtic style carving. On the plinth in lead relief is the following inscription: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THE PARISHES OF BLEASBY AND/ HALLOUGHTON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ "MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS/ IN GLORY EVERLASTING"/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES).
Sources
Websites
UK Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 17 January 2019 from www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/search
Nottinghamshire County Council Roll of Honour, accessed 17 January 2019 from https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/39
Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project, accessed 17 January 2019 from http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/bleasby/hwarmem.php
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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