Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bassetlaw
- Town
- Ordsall
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 25 March 1951
Attended by: Rev. CHB Watson - Unveiled
Date: 25 March 1951
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 27049
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Current location
All Hallows Church
All Hallows Street
Ordsall
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
DN22 7ZH
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 70385 79713
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A Celtic Cross of grey granite, quarried and carved in Cornwall, replicating the famous 1,000 year old St Columb's Cross (at St Columb Major). When originally installed, it was surrounded by posts and ornamental chains. (The chains are now missing, and only the posts remain).
- Inscription
- 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height c125mm
Materials: Granite - Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Cross
- Listing information
- Ordsall War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Ordsall War Memorial
- WMO ID: 205679
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 13-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The Cross was originally surrounded by a post and chain fence; Only the posts now remain.// 9/12/2014: The memorial was Grade II Listed (List Entry Number 1421762).
- Costs
Comments: Anonymously funded by a former resident of Ordsall, who had lost two relatives in the War.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Historic England, details re Grade II listing on 9/12/2014 records: 'History: The war memorial, in remembrance of local men lost in both world wars, was unveiled on 25 March 1951 with a dedication by the rector, the Revd CHB Watson. It replaced a timber cross dedicated on 16 October 1949; on the same date in 1949 a memorial window was dedicated in All Hallows’ church. Details: War memorial, unveiled in 1951. Standing c.1.25m high, the memorial was based on St Columb’s Cross (in St Columb Major, Cornwall), where the granite for the memorial was quarried and it was carved. It comprises a Celtic wheel-head cross on a short shaft rising from a roughly-finished tapering plinth. A panel on the front has the lead-letter inscription: 1914-1918/ 1939-1945/ IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN. No names are given'. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1421762?section=official-list-entry
- Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project: 'On October 16th 1949, the same day that the War Memorial window was dedicated, a new Garden of Remembrance was dedicated. Wreaths were laid by relatives and official representatives. The Last Post and Reveille was sounded by trumpeters of the Royal Horse Artillery. The section of the graveyard chosen had no burials recorded and although off the main path, had easy access from the gate and church. The grass was cut, and a wooden cross of the same pattern as those of the War Graves Commission, was set in a concrete bed. The cross was made by Mr F. Murfin. In 1951 this was replaced by a grey granite Celtic Cross, quarried and carved in Cornwall, a replica of the famous 1,000 year old St Columba's [sic] Cross... The work was made possible by an anonymous donor, who lost relatives in the two wars and who formerly resided at Ordsall. A churchyard service was held on Easter Day – when according to custom, the names of those buried in the churchyard during the past year was read. At the same time the Garden of Remembrance to the Fallen was declared complete, and prayers of remembrance, and dedication was offered'. southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/ordsall/hwarmem.php
- Bassetlaw District Council: Outdoor War Memorials Survey, Prepared by the Conservation Team May 2014 (Updated November 2015), page 9; quotes sources re placement of wooden and later stone cross as Retford Times 21/10/1949 and 23/3/1951 respectively. www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/media/1231/bassetlaw-outdoor-war-memorials-survey-2015-update.pdf
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/205679/
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