Marsham War Memorial

Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Marsham, Norfolk, NR10 5RB

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Overview

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; further names added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464599
Date first listed:: 04-Jul-2019
List Entry Name:: Marsham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Marsham, Norfolk, NR10 5RB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464599
Date first listed:: 04-Jul-2019
List Entry Name:: Marsham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Marsham, Norfolk, NR10 5RB

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of All Saints' Church, Church Lane, Marsham, Norfolk, NR10 5RB

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Broadland (District Authority)
Parish:: Marsham
National Grid Reference:: TG1968923693

Summary

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; further names added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in Marsham is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the church’s community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* for its design, a simple but dignified wheel head cross.

Group value:

* with the Church of All Saints (Grade II), in whose churchyard it stands.

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 Marsham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 17 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was altered after the Second World War to include the names of six servicemen who died in that conflict.

In the early C21, a polished granite plaque was installed at the foot of the memorial, replicating the inscriptions.

Details

A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; further names added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS Granite.

DESCRIPTION The memorial, approximately 3.3m tall, takes the form of a roughly-hewn wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft, rising from a square plinth, set on a single-stepped square platform. The plinth is inscribed: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN BATTLE/ 1914 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ LEST WE FORGET. This is replicated on the separate, upright plaque installed at the foot of the memorial.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register: Marsham War Memorial, accessed 17.05.19 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/19697

Legal

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