Theddingworth War Memorial
Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Main Street (A4304), Theddingworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6QZ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1466407
- Date first listed:
- 08-Oct-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Theddingworth War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Main Street (A4304), Theddingworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6QZ
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1466407
- Date first listed:
- 08-Oct-2019
- List Entry Name:
- Theddingworth War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Main Street (A4304), Theddingworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6QZ
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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 the Church of All Saints, Main Street (A4304), Theddingworth, Leicestershire, LE17 6QZ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Theddingworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SP6675185733
Summary
A First World War memorial, erected in 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Theddingworth War Memorial, erected in 1920, 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 local community, and the sacrifices it made in the First World War.
Architectural interest:
* it is a well-detailed war memorial in the form of a wheel-head Celtic cross with interlaced decoration.
Group value:
* with the Church of All Saints (Grade I), Home Farmhouse (Grade II) and the Barns at Home Farm (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 within the churchyard of the Church of All Saints in Theddingworth. It cost around £200, funded by public subscription. The bronze inscription tablet was given by Major Sutherland Wilson. The memorial was unveiled on 21 July 1920 by Captain Hubert de Trafford (of the Dragoon Guards) and it honours 12 local men who died during the conflict.
Details
A First World War memorial, erected in 1920.
DESCRIPTION
The memorial stands at the entrance to the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade I) and is carved from granite. It comprises a square, single-stepped base, a trapezoidal plinth carved in the form of boulders and a short shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross. Both the shaft and cross head have interlace ornamentation to the front (north-west) face. A bronze plaque fixed to the front face of the plinth bears the dedicatory inscription which reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE/ OFFICERS AND MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES).
Sources
Websites
Memorial Cross, All Saints Churchyard - Theddingworth, accessed 12 August 2019 from http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/1131
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, accessed 12 August 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37576
War Memorials Online database, accessed 12 August 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/206980/
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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