Burton Latimer War Memorial :: Shared Description

The War Memorial in Burton Latimer stands at the corner of Church Street and High Street. It consists of an octagonal, three-stepped base surmounted by an octagonal plinth with eight inscription panels. A tapering stout octagonal pillar rises from the plinth, carrying a caped standing figure of St George holding a bronze lance.

The memorial was dedicated in 1922. It was originally sited at what is known locally as "the Cross" - the junction of High Street, Church Street and Meeting Lane - a large open area at a focal point of the town, close to its current location. At that time, High Street was part of the A6 trunk road through the village and had become so busy that the layout of the junction had to be modified to improve road safety (LinkExternal link transcript of newspaper account) and the memorial had to be moved. The memorial was carefully dismantled and reassembled in its new resting place on the lawn outside the Council Offices (LinkExternal link Evening Telegraph report and photos). After the route of the A6 had been altered to bypass the village, the junction was modified again and the memorial was relocated again, returning close to its original site although the statue on top of the memorial does not have the same orientation as it originally had when it was first erected at The Cross. One benefit of the double move has been that the memorial has been renovated twice, which accounts for it being in a relatively good condition when compared with many others around the country.

The memorial is Grade II-listed (List entry Number: 1052092 LinkExternal link Historic England)
by David Dixon
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Created: Fri, 22 Sep 2017, Updated: Fri, 22 Sep 2017

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