Dawsmere - Parish of Gedney

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Reference WMO/81677

Address:

Christ Church

Church Street

Dawsmere

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Calvary
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Erected c1919 to the memory of the men from the parish of Gedney who were killed in WWI, with inscriptions added for the fallen of WWII. DESCRIPTION: A three-stepped square base surmounted by an octagonal plinth, an octagonal shaft and a gabled crucifix with Gothic cusping and a finely-sculpted figure of Christ. The plinth is inscribed: '1914-1918 / To the / Glory of God / and in undying / memory of the / men from this / Parish who died / in The Great War', with the names of 21 fallen. There is an added inscription '1939-1945', with the names and ranks of the 5 men who fell in WWII. HISTORY: Until 1850 the only centre of population in Gedney Marsh was Drove End. In 1855 the prominent politician Edward Cardwell (later Viscount Cardwell) and his brother Charles bought some 3,000 acres of land in Gedney Marsh. The Marsh had a creek running through it, named Daws Mere Creek, probably after Sir Abraham Dawes who undertook the reclamation of the land from the sea in 1660. The Cardwell brothers set about building a new village at Dawsmere. In 1869-70 Christ Church, Dawsmere was built to the designs of Ewan Christian. The war memorial in the churchyard was erected c1919 to commemorate the 21 men from the parish of Gedney who were killed in the First World War. Further inscriptions were added to commemorate the 5 men who died in the Second World War. c Historic England listing entry
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