Bagworth War Memorial
Holy Rood Church (demolished), Old School Lane, Bagworth, Leicestershire, LE67 1DE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464881
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Bagworth War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Holy Rood Church (demolished), Old School Lane, Bagworth, Leicestershire, LE67 1DE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1464881
- Date first listed:
- 05-Aug-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Bagworth War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holy Rood Church (demolished), Old School Lane, Bagworth, Leicestershire, LE67 1DE
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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:
- Holy Rood Church (demolished), Old School Lane, Bagworth, Leicestershire, LE67 1DE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Hinckley and Bosworth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bagworth & Thornton
- National Grid Reference:
- SK4494307946
Summary
A First World War Memorial dating from around 1920, altered following the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
The war memorial in Bagworth is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* it is a dignified and sombre stone cross, neatly made and well-proportioned.
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact on the local community of the events of the First World War.
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. This meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Bagworth, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was presumably erected around 1920, in the churchyard of Holy Rood Church. The church was demolished in 1968 due to subsidence, and was replaced with a new building, also since demolished.
The memorial commemorates 18 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. It was altered following the Second World War to commemorate the eight men and one woman who fell in that conflict.
Details
A First World War Memorial dating from around 1920, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of stone with bronze plaques.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the now-demolished Holy Rood Church. It is situated near to the entrance from Old School Lane, and stands on the platform of a former terrace to the church.
The memorial comprises a plain Latin cross in stone, with chamfered edges throughout, and a relief-carved shield of St George to the centre of the tapering shaft. The shaft stands on a low eight-sided plinth (square with deeply chamfered corners) on a square base. The dedication is inscribed onto the shaft, but the names and Second World War inscriptions are applied in cast bronze plaques around the plinth.
The inscription is partly incised onto shaft of the cross, and partly applied as cast bronze plaques and reads: 1914/ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD/ AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE/ NOBLE DEAD/ 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES).
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum inventory ref 37501, accessed 1 July 2019 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37501
Leicestershire County Council’s Leicestershire War Memorials Project website, accessed 1 July 2019 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/42
War Memorials Online, accessed 1 July 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/131586/
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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