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Latitude: 50.9123 / 50°54'44"N
Longitude: -2.7945 / 2°47'40"W
OS Eastings: 344240
OS Northings: 112837
OS Grid: ST442128
Mapcode National: GBR MG.QV46
Mapcode Global: FRA 561P.M4F
Plus Code: 9C2VW664+W6
Entry Name: Merriott War Memorial
Listing Date: 14 April 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1424763
ID on this website: 101424763
Location: All Saints' Church, Merriott, Somerset, TA16
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Merriott
Built-Up Area: Merriott
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Church of England Parish: Merriott
Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells
Tagged with: Memorial
Merriott war memorial, a Latin cross of Ham stone, erected after the First World War.
War memorial. Circa 1919.
MATERIALS: Ham stone, with bronze plaques.
DESCRIPTION: a chamfered Latin cross, mounted on a rectangular plinth; the plinth is supported by a three-stepped stone base. On each of the plinth’s four sides, a bronze plaque with white incised lettering, set within a recessed panel, recording the names of those lost in the two world wars.
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, 14 December 2016.
The war memorial is understood to have been constructed circa 1919, to commemorate the 33 men of the parish of Merriott who fell during the First World War of 1914-1918; the names of the 10 lost in the Second World War of 1939-1945 were added later. The memorial stands in the churchyard of the church of All Saints, listed at Grade II*, to the west of the church.
The war memorial at Merriott 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;
* Design: for its a dignified, simple design, with elegant lettering to the inscribed bronze plaques, making a harmonious addition to the churchyard in which it is set;
* Group Value: with the church of All Saints, listed at Grade II*, the churchyard walls and lychgate, and numerous listed monuments standing within the churchyard, as well as with the adjacent former Sunday school, and the Old Vicarage.
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