Eakring War Memorial

Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Eakring, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0DA

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First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1462821
Date first listed:: 03-May-2019
List Entry Name:: Eakring War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Eakring, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0DA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1462821
Date first listed:: 03-May-2019
List Entry Name:: Eakring War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Eakring, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0DA

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:: Church of St Andrew, Church Lane, Eakring, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0DA

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

County:: Nottinghamshire
District:: Newark and Sherwood (District Authority)
Parish:: Eakring
National Grid Reference:: SK6751762174

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919.

Reasons for Designation

Eakring War Memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War.

Architectural interest:

* as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross and survives unaltered.

Group value:

* with the Church of St Andrew (listed Grade II*).

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 Eakring as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 12 men of the parish who died during the conflict along with the five who were wounded and the 27 men who served and returned. It was unveiled and dedicated in May 1919 in the grounds of the Church of St Andrew (listed Grade II*).

As Eakring suffered no losses of life during the Second World War the memorial stands unaltered.

Details

First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919.

MATERIALS: of granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent position on a large, sloping bank at the entrance to the Church St Andrew (listed Grade II*), around 15m to the north-west of the north porch.

The memorial, which stands some 2.5m high, comprises a Celtic wheel-head cross set atop a shaft which tapers in rectangular section from a roughly-hewn trapezoidal plinth. The west (front) face of the wheel-head is decorated with interlaced ornamentation in low relief while the polished cross shaft has three blind panels raised in low relief. On the north, south and west sides of the plinth are polished, recessed panels which hold the lead inscriptions. The west (front) face contains the principal dedicatory inscription which reads 'ERECTED IN TOKEN OF / GRATITUDE TO GOD / FOR VICTORY AND TO THE / HONOUR OF THE MEN OF / EAKRING WHO SERVED / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918' and the names of the 12 men who died. On the north face are the names of five men who were wounded and eight men who served, while the south face contains the names of a further 27 men who served.

Sources

Websites
Information on Eakring War Memorial from the Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register, accessed 31 January 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27137
Information on Eakring War Memorial from the Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project website , accessed 31 January 2019 from http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/eakring/hwarmem.php
Other
Information on Eakring War Memorial from Nottinghamshire County Council's Historic Environment Record: HER Number M18748 - MNT26399, Eakring War Memorial

Legal

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