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Latitude: 52.1299 / 52°7'47"N
Longitude: 0.0388 / 0°2'19"E
OS Eastings: 539649
OS Northings: 249918
OS Grid: TL396499
Mapcode National: GBR L84.JLX
Mapcode Global: VHHKF.MQBK
Plus Code: 9F4242HQ+XG
Entry Name: Barrington War Memorial
Listing Date: 15 December 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1430661
ID on this website: 101430661
Location: Barrington, South Cambridgeshire, CB22
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Civil Parish: Barrington
Built-Up Area: Barrington
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Barrington All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Ely
Tagged with: War memorial Memorial
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions.
The war memorial stands on a small triangular green adjoining the south entrance to the churchyard of the church of All Saints’ (Grade I). Some 4m tall overall, it takes the form of a gabled calvary with a small metal Christ figure atop a hexagonal Doulting stone shaft rising from a square plinth with chamfered corners. That is set on a three-stage, octagonal, sandstone base. Inscribed on the plinth is (side one): IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR FROM 1914/ TO 1918 AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE/ R. I. P. (side two): (names). (side three): THE WORLD WAR/ (names)/ DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE/ SERVICE 1939 – 1945. Further names were added for later losses.
The memorial is surrounded by a chain link fence mounted on short concrete posts.
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, 16 January 2017.
The war memorial was designed by a committee made up from the village, with Captain J. N. Bendyshe acting as Chair. The committee decided to erect a wayside cross on the Green, with fencing to protect it against the cattle and horses that grazed on the Green. It was designed by Mr H. C. King of Dean’s Yard, Westminster. Several fund raising events were carried out by the village to help raise funds to pay for it. The memorial was unveiled on 8 August 1920.
Barrington War Memorial, unveiled in 1920, is listed at Grade II for the following 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;
* Design: a modest yet well executed memorial in the medieval style;
* Group value: it stands on a small green alongside the Grade I-listed church of All Saints’.
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