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Latitude: 50.5882 / 50°35'17"N
Longitude: -3.6778 / 3°40'40"W
OS Eastings: 281322
OS Northings: 77837
OS Grid: SX813778
Mapcode National: GBR QM.H8SZ
Mapcode Global: FRA 375J.4YQ
Plus Code: 9C2RH8QC+7V
Entry Name: War Memorial in the churchyard of the church of St John the Evangelist
Listing Date: 20 August 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425771
Also known as: Bovey Tracey Calvary Cross
ID on this website: 101425771
Location: St John's Church, Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Bovey Tracey
Built-Up Area: Bovey Tracey
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Bovey Tracey St John with Heathfield
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial, erected in circa 1920.
War memorial, erected in circa 1920.
The war memorial stands to the north of the churchyard of the church of St John the Evangelist at the junction of Ashburton Road and Newton Road. It takes the form of a wooden calvary cross with a tiled canopy. On the north face of the cross is a carved figure of Christ, and to the chamfered base of the shaft is the inscribed date ‘1914-1918’. The cross is mounted on a square, granite base with a pyramidal top.
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, 31 January 2018.
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War. It is not known when the war memorial in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist was erected and commemorated, but it was likely to be during the 1920s.
The war memorial located in the churchyard of the church of St John the Evangelist 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: a well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a calvary cross;
* Degree of survival: the memorial is situated in its original location and survives intact;
* Group value: the war memorial has group value with the church of St John the Evangelist (Grade II*) and other nearby listed buildings.
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