Building record 3250/7/1 - Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial

The memorial is situated in the village cemetery in Cobb's Lane, Wollaston. The cemetery lies to the west of Wollaston Conservation Area. There are no known threats to the memorial.

{1} List Entry Description
Summary of Building
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial, which stands in the village cemetery, 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 local community, and
the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: a well-executed medieval-style cross.
History
Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial was designed and built by Messrs Higgins of Wellingborough. It was
unveiled on 11 June 1921 by Lord Althorp during an ecumenical ceremony attended by local clergy,
representatives of the Parish Council, ex-servicemen, uniformed groups and villagers. The land on which the
memorial stands was given to the church for the purpose, by Miss Keep who owned the adjoining field.
There were originally 82 names of those who fell in the First World War, and eight of those who fell in the
Second. In 2006 additional names were added, and the memorial now records the names of 90 men who
died in the First World War.
Details
The war memorial stands on the east side of the extensive village cemetery in Cobbs Lane, in a bay created
by the cemetery wall being carried outward. Approximately 4m high, it comprises a Weldon stone wheel-head
cross which rises a tapering shaft. The shaft stands on an octagonal plinth, which stands on a two-stepped
octagonal base of Derbyshire stone (with an outer kerb).
A panel of Hopton Wood marble is set into each face of the plinth. That on the front has an inscription which
reads ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ WOLLASTON/ AND/ STRIXTON/ MEN WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT
WAR./ 1914 - 1918./ “FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.” The names of the fallen appear on the other panels. A
panel set into the front face of the upper step reads 1939 – 1945; one on the rear reads 1914 – 1918. The
names of those who fell during the Second World War are inscribed on similar panels around the upper step,
with the additional names of the First World War dead added in 2006.

Selected Sources
Books and journals
Hall, D., Wollaston: Portrait of a VIllage, (1977), 257
Websites
Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Archive, accessed 28/04/2015 from
http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/37472
Other
“Lord Althrop and Sir Ryland Adkins MP at Wollaston”, Northampton Mercury, 17 June 1921, p3

<1> Historic England, 2015, Designation Assessment: Wollaston and Strixton War Memorial (Designation Advice Report). SNN110099.

Record last edited

Mar 16 2017 1:28PM