Caistor War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Caistor War Memorial is located at Butter Market, at the junction of Market Place and South Street. There are various listed buildings in the vicinity including 22 South Street, 28 South Street and 30 South Street (all Grade II-listed).

It consists of a stone Greek cross atop an octagonal shaft with a splayed foot. The shaft rises from an octagonal plinth on a three-stepped base. The height of the lower step of the base rises at the southern side to accommodate the sloping site on which the memorial stands.

The inscriptions and names are on the plinth; all lettering is incised. The dedicatory text is located on three sides of the plinth. The west face reads TO THE/ MEN/ OF CAISTOR/ WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY, the north face reads DEDICATED/ A. D./ 1920 and the east face reads THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR/ EVERMORE. The remaining faces carry the names of the dead from the First and Second World Wars.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is enclosed by later metal railings*.

• Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

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, 31 January 2018.