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Latitude: 52.0738 / 52°4'25"N
Longitude: -2.5211 / 2°31'15"W
OS Eastings: 364383
OS Northings: 241838
OS Grid: SO643418
Mapcode National: GBR FV.CF8C
Mapcode Global: VH85S.842L
Plus Code: 9C4V3FFH+GH
Entry Name: Ashperton War Memorial
Listing Date: 16 January 2019
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1461875
ID on this website: 101461875
Location: The Green, Ashperton, County of Herefordshire, HR8
County: County of Herefordshire
Civil Parish: Ashperton
Traditional County: Herefordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire
Tagged with: War memorial
War memorial, erected in around 1920.
War memorial, erected in around 1920.
MATERIALS: constructed of granite. The inscriptions are of metal lettering.
DESCRIPTION: located on the village green the war memorial comprises a three-stepped, octagonal base surmounted by an octagonal Latin cross with broach stops to the base of the shaft. The arms of the cross are slightly splayed.
To the south-west face of the top two steps is the inscription THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1919.
The top step of each of the other three sides is inscribed with the name of the parish ASHPERTON, CANON-FFROME or STRETTON-GRANDISON AND EGGLETON. Beneath are the names of the men from each parish who died during the First World War.
A stone plaque has been added to the bottom step of these three sides with the dates 1939-45 and the names of the men from each parish who died during the Second World War.
The great age of memorial building was in the aftermath of the First World War with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
Ashperton War Memorial was erected in about 1920 and commemorates 28 local servicemen from the parishes of Ashperton, Canon Frome and Stretton-Grandison and Eggleton who died during the First World War. Additional stone plaques have been added to commemorate the five men from these parishes who died during the Second World War.
Ashperton War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* for its compositional design as an accomplished and well-realised Latin cross.
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First and Second World Wars.
Group value:
* with four Grade II-listed C17 and C18 timber-framed houses that are within close proximity to the war memorial.
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