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Latitude: 52.4919 / 52°29'30"N
Longitude: -2.4385 / 2°26'18"W
OS Eastings: 370324
OS Northings: 288306
OS Grid: SO703883
Mapcode National: GBR BY.J2DP
Mapcode Global: VH83P.PM7L
Plus Code: 9C4VFHR6+PJ
Entry Name: Glazeley War Memorial
Listing Date: 18 December 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1431810
ID on this website: 101431810
Location: Glazeley, Shropshire, WV16
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Glazeley
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Glazeley and Deuxhill
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
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A churchyard war memorial in the churchyard of St Bartholomew, Glazeley. C. 1920.
A churchyard war memorial in the churchyard of St Bartholomew, Glazeley. C. 1920.
MATERIALS and PLAN: ashlar stone, a square, tapered pier rising from an octagonal plinth with stepped platform and ball finial.
DETAILS: the ball finial is set above a cube, on top of the square pier. The cube has egg and dart moulding to its top and a roll moulding to its bottom. Each face has a raised border, and raised lettering to each of the four sides, spelling ‘CHEER./FUL-/NESS’; ‘COUR./AGE’; ENDUR./ANCE’ and ‘PROW./ESS’. The plinth has an overhanging, moulded lip to its top and a projecting band to the bottom. There are rectangular panels to each side with raised lettering. That to the north western (road) side reads ‘ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS / AS A MEMORIAL / OF THE GREAT WAR / AND TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES / OF THE GALLANT MEN FROM / THE GLAZELEY DISTRICT / WHO JOINED HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES / IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-1919’. The other three sides bear the names of the fallen. Below is an octagonal platform with three steps.
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, 23 November 2017.
A churchyard memorial cross which appears to date from c. 1920
Glazeley War Memorial, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a square pillar with ball finial;
* Group value: with the church of St Bartholomew (listed Grade II).
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