Bedlam War Memorial
approximately 5m east of 8 Titterstone Cottages, Clee Hill, Ludlow, SY8 3PP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1473237
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Bedlam War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- approximately 5m east of 8 Titterstone Cottages, Clee Hill, Ludlow, SY8 3PP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1473237
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Bedlam War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- approximately 5m east of 8 Titterstone Cottages, Clee Hill, Ludlow, SY8 3PP
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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:
- approximately 5m east of 8 Titterstone Cottages, Clee Hill, Ludlow, SY8 3PP
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bitterley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO5839077361
Summary
First World War Memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Bedlam War Memorial 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 sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as a well-executed stone cross.
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 in the hamlet of Bedlam, in the grounds of the former Methodist Chapel, as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by ten members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The names of parishioners who died during the Second World War were also subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War Memorial with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS and PLAN: the memorial is square on plan and is constructed from roughly-hewn stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands approximately 5m east of 8 Titterstone Cottages. The memorial is approximately 3.5m tall and comprises a three stepped base surmounted by a plinth with engraved plaque on its south side, and a Celtic wheel cross carved with ‘RIP’ at its centre. There are low post and chain railings around the bottom step of the base.
The engraved plaque on the plinth reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND LOVING MEMORY OF / ( NAMES) / WHO DIED 1914-1919 /FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
A further inscription on the upper step of the base reads: ‘To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of / Titterstone 1939 -1945 / (Names).’
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum - War Memorial Register entry, accessed 6 November 2020 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/13768
Church Monuments Society - Bedlam War Memorial, accessed 9 November 2020 from https://churchmonumentssociety.org/monument-of-the-month/bedlam-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.
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