Summary

War memorial, c1920. Later additions for the Second World War.

Description

The memorial stands at the edge of All Saints’ churchyard. It comprises a limestone cross, c4m high, with an octagonal shaft standing on a plinth, on a two-stage base. A blind arcade of three gothic arches is carved on each side of the plinth. Each face of the plinth frames inscriptions in these arches:

(first face) GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

(second face) (3 NAMES)

(third face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918.

(fourth face) 1939 – 1945 (2 NAMES)

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, 11 January 2017.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. One such memorial was raised at Mixbury, where the cross was in place by August 1922. It commemorates three servicemen who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War, the names of two servicemen who died in that conflict were added. In 2015 the memorial was cleaned and re-pointed, and some lettering re-cut, funded by War Memorials Trust and Cherwell District Council.

Reasons for Listing

Mixbury War Memorial, at the edge of All Saints’ churchyard, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a well-executed medieval-style stone cross;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed church of All Saints’.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26677164

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings