Norwell War Memorial
Church of St Laurence, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6JT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1463366
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Norwell War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Laurence, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6JT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1463366
- Date first listed:
- 17-May-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Norwell War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Laurence, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6JT
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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:
- Church of St Laurence, Main Street, Norwell, Nottinghamshire, NG23 6JT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Nottinghamshire
- District:
- Newark and Sherwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Norwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SK7753361768
Summary
War memorial, crafted by G Brown and Son of Newark and unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and Malayan Emergency.
Reasons for Designation
Norwell War Memorial, crafted by G Brown and Son of Newark and unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and Malayan Emergency, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* as a modest but well-executed memorial.
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.
Group value:
* for the strong geographic group value the war memorial holds with nearby listed buildings, including the Church of St Laurence (listed at Grade I) and the boundary wall of the churchyard (listed at Grade II), and the nearby scheduled monument of Old Hall moat and its two associated fishponds.
History
The aftermath of the First World War (1914-1918) 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 the Church of St Laurence in Norwell as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 11 members of the local community of Norwell who lost their lives in the First World War. Following a public meeting in Norwell in August 1919, a memorial was funded by public subscription. Crafted by G Brown and Son of Newark at a cost of £150, the memorial was dedicated on 17 September 1921. Following the Second World War (1939-1945), the names of three members of the local community who lost their lives were added to the war memorial, and later the name of one man who died in Malaya in 1952 during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960).
Details
War memorial, crafted by G Brown and Son of Newark and unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars and Malayan Emergency.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is constructed of rough-hewn granite, and takes the form of a Celtic cross on a tapered plinth and single step. The front (north) elevation of the shaft and plinth bears the following painted inscription: 1914 – 1919 / ERECTED / BY PUBLIC / SUBSCRIPTION / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR / UNTO THEMSELVES, BUT DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE / IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, TRUTH AND PEACE. The rear (south) side is inscribed: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945 / O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR / GLORY CAME / (NAME) / 1952 / MALAYA. The war memorial stands within the churchyard of the Church of St Laurence (listed at Grade I), within the boundary wall of the churchyard (listed at Grade II).
Sources
Websites
Nottinghamshire County Council, ‘Norwell’, accessed 28 February 2019 from https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/129
Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project, ‘Norwell St Laurence’, accessed 28 February 2019 from http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/norwell/hwarmem.php
Imperial War Museum, ‘War Memorials Register’, ‘Norwell’, accessed 28 February 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/27358
Other
Newark and Sherwood District Council, Survey of Outdoor War Memorials, (November 2018), p86
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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