Navenby War Memorial
Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1493757
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-2025
- List Entry Name:
- Navenby War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1493757
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-2025
- List Entry Name:
- Navenby War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
- Statutory Address 2:
- Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
- Statutory Address:
- Navenby War Memorial, St Peters Church, Church Lane, Navenby, Lincoln, LN5 0EG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- North Kesteven (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Navenby
- National Grid Reference:
- SK9867357827
Summary
A First World War memorial erected in 1921; with later addition for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Navenby War Memorial 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:
* as a fine example of a well-carved Celtic cross, with crusader sword detail.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever 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: therefore, the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Navenby, Lincolnshire as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 22 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial is located within the church yard of the Church of St Peter, and takes the form of a rough-hewn Celtic cross, on a pyramidal base. The memorial was designed by Messrs George Maile and Sons Ltd of London for Ā£200, and was unveiled in April 1921 by Lieutenant Colonel E Royds, MP.
An additional inscription to honour the eight parishioners who fell during the Second World War was subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War memorial, dating to 1921, designed by Messrs George Maile and Sons Ltd of London, with later addition for the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is constructed of Cornish granite with leaded lettering. The memorial is square in plan. It stands to the south-east end of the Church of St Peter (National Heritage List for England entry 1147458, Grade I).
The memorial is in the form of a tall Celtic cross, rough-hewn, with a crusader sword carved on its east face. The cross sits on a rough-hewn pyramidal plinth, and two step base.
There are three inscriptions, in leaded lettering set into polished sections of the stonework. These are on the east and south faces of the memorial and read:
East face, bottom of the cross shaft: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ East face, base: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THESE MEN OF NAVENBY/ WHO DIED FOR YOU IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (22 names in two columns) South face, base: 1939-1945 / (eight names in two columns)
Sources
Websites
Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer: Monument record MLI125275 - Navenby War Memoria, accessed 23/04/2025 from https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI125275
Imperial War Museum: Navenby War Memorial, accessed 23/04/2025 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42969
Other
The Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser, Sat 16.04.1921 (p.7): āNavenby War Memorial ā The dedication and unveilingā
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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