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Latitude: 51.613 / 51°36'46"N
Longitude: -2.53 / 2°31'47"W
OS Eastings: 363399
OS Northings: 190601
OS Grid: ST633906
Mapcode National: GBR JT.9N9Y
Mapcode Global: VH87X.3QC9
Plus Code: 9C3VJF7C+62
Entry Name: Thornbury War Memorial
Listing Date: 14 August 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1426528
ID on this website: 101426528
Location: St Mary's Church, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35
County: South Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Thornbury
Built-Up Area: Thornbury
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Thornbury St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Memorial
War Memorial, erected in 1919.
War Memorial, erected in 1919.
MATERIALS: constructed of sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial takes the form of a calvary cross with a canopy. On the west face is a carved figure of Christ, and on the east face is the seated figure of the Virgin and Child. It has a tapered octagonal column with decorative stops which stands on a square plinth and four step base. On the west face of the plinth there is a carved wreath surrounding an inscription which reads: IN/ MEMORIAM/ 1914-1919.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 11 January 2017.
The memorial was erected in 1919 by the local community to mark those from the parish who fell in the Great War 1914-19. The memorial stands to the south of the churchyard to the Church of St Mary (listed at Grade I).
Thornbury War Memorial, which is situated in St Mary's churchyard and was constructed in 1919, 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 made in the conflicts of the C20;
*Design: a modest yet well executed memorial in the form of a canopied calvary cross;
*Group value: it stands to the south of the Church of St Mary (listed at Grade I) and near to several Grade II listed table tombs.
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