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War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard

A Grade II Listed Building in Clophill, Central Bedfordshire

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Latitude: 52.0314 / 52°1'52"N

Longitude: -0.4124 / 0°24'44"W

OS Eastings: 509008

OS Northings: 238186

OS Grid: TL090381

Mapcode National: GBR G3D.QJL

Mapcode Global: VHFQV.S6TL

Plus Code: 9C4X2HJQ+H2

Entry Name: War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard

Listing Date: 20 June 2007

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1392031

English Heritage Legacy ID: 503065

ID on this website: 101392031

Location: St Mary's Church, Clophill, Central Bedfordshire, MK45

County: Central Bedfordshire

Civil Parish: Clophill

Built-Up Area: Clophill

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Clophill

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


CLOPHILL

347/0/10026 HIGH STREET
20-JUN-07 War Memorial, St Mary's Churchyard

GV II
First World War memorial. 1920. An Aberdeen granite obelisk surmounts a similar pedestal which itself stands on a Portland stone stepped base. The pedestal has an inscription and the names of the fallen. It is also inscribed with '1939-1945' and the names of the fallen of the Second World War.
HISTORY:
This war memorial was unveiled in July, 1920. It was originally dedicated to the village dead of the First World War, but was later also dedicated to the village dead of the Second World War.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE.
This war memorial is finely detailed and is a good example of a memorial in the form of an obelisk. It also has group value with the nearby listed church.
War memorials have a very strong historical and cultural significance on both a local and national scale.
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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, 16 January 2017.

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