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The memorial, a Celtic cross of grey granite, is to the fourteen men of the village who fell in the First World War. It stands at the junction of Knapp Lane and the main road. The dedication service was held on 4 April 1920, conducted by the Reverend Richard Cynfyn Jones. The service was rather surrounded in controversy, as relations between the vicar and the parish council were poor.
Behind the memorial stands the National School (now a Church of England Controlled School). This was opened on 12 August 1896 by the Bishop of Winchester, the cost of over £1,200 being met by public subscription. The land was given by David Faber of Ampfield House, and the Reverend Vere Awdry was indefatigable in seeing the project to a conclusion. It replaced an older school, further along Knapp Lane, dating from 1856. By the 1890s, this had become inconvenient and unsuitable for its purpose. The new school, shingled turret included, is still (2003) standing, augmented by a brick extension, designed to match the style of the Victorian building, built in 1997.
References:
1. Hallett, Elizabeth and Anita Wood. 1991. The story of St Mark's, Ampfield, p. 41-42 (the War Memorial), 99-105 (the school).
2. Hallett, Elizabeth. 1996. Ampfield village school.
3. Hallett, Elizabeth. Ampfield village school. Hampshire Magazine, July 1996, p. 25-27. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | D Len Peach | Subjects: | war memorial building school First World War | Temporal: | start=1926-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Peach, Len; May 1995 | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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