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Latitude: 51.6584 / 51°39'30"N
Longitude: -2.377 / 2°22'37"W
OS Eastings: 374018
OS Northings: 195580
OS Grid: ST740955
Mapcode National: GBR 0LZ.ZTN
Mapcode Global: VH957.RL70
Plus Code: 9C3VMJ5F+96
Entry Name: North Nibley War Memorial
Listing Date: 20 June 2013
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1415304
ID on this website: 101415304
Location: North Nibley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL11
County: Gloucestershire
District: Stroud
Civil Parish: North Nibley
Built-Up Area: North Nibley
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: North Nibley St Martin
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Memorial
A war memorial, dating from circa 1920.
A war memorial, dating from circa 1920.
MATERIALS
The memorial is constructed from local oolitic limestone.
PLAN
The platform on which the memorial stands is octagonal is shape, circa 2m across.
DESCRIPTION
The war memorial takes the form of a wheel cross, the cross with flared arms, set on a tapering octagonal column. The shaft terminates in a four-sided base with chamfered shoulders. The base is inscribed: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / & IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / NORTH NIBLEY / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / DULCE ET DECORUM EST / PRO PATRIA MORI. The remaining sides of the base are inscribed with the names and regiments/services of the men of the village who died in the First World War (20). The ranks, names and services of the Fallen from the Second World War (2) are inscribed on the face of the plinth below the main inscription. The structure is set on an octagonal, three-stepped platform, with a narrow, paved apron at ground level.
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, 10 January 2017.
The war memorial was erected circa 1920, in a prominent position at the entrance to the newly laid-out North Nibley Cemetery, in commemoration of the men of the village, twenty in all, who were killed during the First World War. After the end of the Second World War, the names of the two men lost in that conflict were added to the memorial.
The war memorial at North Nibley is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community;
* Architectural interest: for the quality of the design and craftsmanship of this sombre and dignified memorial;
* Setting: its prominent place within the village cemetery, formally placed on the outskirts of the settlement, adds to its impact, as does its visual relationship with the Tyndale monument (listed Grade II*) which rises high above it on the Cotswold escarpment.
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