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Latitude: 52.3329 / 52°19'58"N
Longitude: -2.6993 / 2°41'57"W
OS Eastings: 352443
OS Northings: 270760
OS Grid: SO524707
Mapcode National: GBR BL.V457
Mapcode Global: VH84B.5MBH
Plus Code: 9C4V88M2+47
Entry Name: Ashford Carbonell War Memorial
Listing Date: 13 July 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1427743
ID on this website: 101427743
Location: Ashford Carbonell, Shropshire, SY8
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Ashford Carbonel
Built-Up Area: Ashford Carbonell
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Ashford Carbonell
Church of England Diocese: Hereford
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A village war memorial of c1920.
A village war memorial of c1920.
MATERIAL and PLAN: the monument takes the former of a rock-faced boulder of green sandstone which has an uneven outline. This is set above a stepped base and a rectangular platform. The memorial is set on the west side of the village street, in front of the village hall.
DETAILS: the east face of the boulder, fronting the roadway, has a recessed panel to its centre with a raised surround. The central panel has a roughly-hewn background against which are raised ashlar carvings of a laurel wreath and a sword in relief. The top step of the plinth is inscribed ‘IN / GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. Names of the fallen are inscribed below.
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.
The memorial appears to date from the period around 1920.
Ashford Carbonell War Memorial, Shropshire, 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 a characterful and well-realised war memorial which adds to the amenity of the conservation area in which it is sited.
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