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Latitude: 52.1743 / 52°10'27"N
Longitude: -0.9406 / 0°56'26"W
OS Eastings: 472545
OS Northings: 253418
OS Grid: SP725534
Mapcode National: GBR BWZ.P0F
Mapcode Global: VHDSB.NM32
Plus Code: 9C4X53F5+PQ
Entry Name: Blisworth War Memorial
Listing Date: 17 February 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1432789
ID on this website: 101432789
Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Blisworth, West Northamptonshire, NN7
County: West Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Blisworth
Built-Up Area: Blisworth
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Blisworth St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial, 1919, with later additions for the Second World War.
Blisworth War Memorial stands close to the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist (Grade II*). In Portland stone, it is a simple 3m high cross with IHS carved within the cross head. The stepped, three-stage, plinth is inscribed on the east faces TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS (23 NAMES). The north face of the middle stage is inscribed 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, 17 January 2017.
The memorial to the men of Blisworth who fell in the First World War was paid for by John Griffith in gratitude for the safe return of his two sons. It was unveiled by the Rector, Reverend W W Colley, on Easter Sunday, 20 April 1919, at the evening service when two marble tablets inside the church were also dedicated. Following the Second World War an inscription was added to commemorate those who died in that conflict.
Blisworth War Memorial, in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, 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;
* Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of St John the Baptist and a number of designated churchyard memorials.
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