War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392083
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392083
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-2007
- List Entry Name:
- War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL
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.
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:
- WAR MEMORIAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Breckland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Foulden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7649898979
Details
1677/0/10002
FOULDEN
War Memorial
23-APR-07
II
War memorial, circa 1919. Erected by public subscription to the memory of the parishioners of Foulden who were killed in action in the First World War 1914-1919. The memorial is constructed of Oolitic limestone and set on an octagonal base slab. A tapered octagonal shaft and foliated cross stand on two square risers. The upper riser is taller and has broached corners. The two risers are carved with inscriptions in a Gothic script, which may originally have been filled with lead. The lower riser has many repairs and as a result parts of the inscription have been lost.
INSCRIPTIONS:
The upper riser is inscribed on the east face: 'To The Glorious Memory of the Men from Foulden Who laid down their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914-1919 This cross is humbly Dedicated'. The west face is inscribed 'Erected by their fellow parishioners, relatives and friends'. The north and south faces are inscribed with the names of nine parishioners who died in the First World War.
The lower riser is inscribed with a quotation which begins on the east face and continues along the other three. It is taken from the Old Testament, 1 Samuel, chapter 25, verses 15-16: 'But the men were very good unto us and we were not hurt... they were a wall unto us both by night and by day'.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE:
War memorials have a strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national level. This is a good example of a war memorial erected by public subscription to honour the local men who gave their lives in the First World War. It has additional group value with the Grade-I listed Church of All Saints.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495516
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 20 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/55989
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/182774
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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