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Latitude: 51.0526 / 51°3'9"N
Longitude: -4.0474 / 4°2'50"W
OS Eastings: 256593
OS Northings: 130130
OS Grid: SS565301
Mapcode National: GBR KR.FVX7
Mapcode Global: FRA 26DB.R00
Plus Code: 9C3Q3X33+22
Entry Name: Bishops Tawton War Memorial
Listing Date: 6 December 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1439596
ID on this website: 101439596
Location: St John the Baptist Church, Bishop's Tawton, North Devon, EX32
County: Devon
District: North Devon
Civil Parish: Bishop's Tawton
Built-Up Area: Bishop's Tawton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Bishops Tawton
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: War memorial
A war memorial cross of 1920 date.
A war memorial cross of 1920 date.
MATERIALS: of dressed Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial has a three-stepped square base surmounted by a tapering shaft and wheel cross. The front face of the cross has a carved Celtic design with bosses to each end of the arms and to the centre. There are inscriptions to bronze plaques attached to three faces of the bottom step: Face One: IN PROUD AND HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES). Face Two: IN PROUD AND HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES). Face Three: THESE ALSO SERVED: (NAMES).
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, 23 November 2017.
The war memorial to members of Bishops Tawton Parish who fell in the First World War was unveiled and dedicated by the Revd. P.L. Nicholas on Sunday 5 September 1920. The cross was designed as an exact replica of St Martin’s Cross, Iona, Scotland. Further inscribed plaques, with names, were added in 1922 and after 1945.
Bishops Tawton War Memorial, Devon, 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;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted cross design in dressed granite, a replica of St Martin’s Cross, Iona, Scotland;
*Degree of survival: the structure is unaltered.
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