Listed Building: Langar-cum-Barnstone WWI memorial (8.29.43)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Date assigned 16 January 2020
Date last amended

Description

A First World War Memorial, built 1920. MATERIALS: Doulting stone. DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the Grade I listed parish church of St Andrew, to the south of the chancel. The memorial has a base of three steps surmounted by a square plinth supporting a chamfered shaft and a cross with a circular nimbus. The plinth is inscribed on its east and west faces. The main inscription on the east face reads: TO THE HONOURED / MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The names of 16 men who lost their lives are recorded, along with the quotation: “GLORY HONOUR AND PEACE”. On its west face a later inscription reads: ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO DIED / 1939-45 / (NAMES) / THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO DEATH.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 72144 34644 (2m by 1m)
Map sheet SK73SW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Langar cum Barnstone, Rushcliffe

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Jan 16 2020 10:08AM

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