Hadley War Memorial
HADLEY WAR MEMORIAL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392365
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Hadley War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- HADLEY WAR MEMORIAL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392365
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-2008
- List Entry Name:
- Hadley War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- HADLEY 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:
- HADLEY WAR MEMORIAL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hadley and Leegomery
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 67370 11987
Reasons for Designation
War memorials are highly significant commemorative structures with a strong historical and cultural connection to many small communities across the country. This granite cenotaph, unveiled in 1953, is striking in its simplicity and stands as an arresting monument within the town commemorating the dead of Hadley from both world wars. It certainly merits inclusion on the list at grade II.
Details
HADLEY
1126/1/10059 Hadley war memorial
16-JAN-08
II
War memorial. 1953. Architect unknown. Aberdeen granite. Cenotaph raised on two stone steps and concave chamfered plinth. The memorial is in a minimal style with a strong vertical emphasis expressed through the sharply ridged corners. The inscriptions read as follows: Sepulchre: THESE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. Pillar: List of names of those who fell in both world wars. Plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/FROM HADLEY AND DISTRICT/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRAFICE/IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. Top step: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
HISTORY: The memorial was unveiled in 1953 by Colonel H B Sankey; the committee to raise funds for the memorial having been formed in 1919. Proceeds from the local 1951 Festival of Britain celebrations were also donated to the memorial committee.
War memorials are highly significant commemorative structures with a strong historical and cultural connection to many small communities across the country. This granite cenotaph, unveiled in 1953, is striking in its simplicity and stands as an arresting monument within the town commemorating the dead of Hadley from both world wars.
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, 19 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 493507
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/14062
War Memorials Online, accessed 19 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/109755
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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