Description

The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/01/2019.

SJ 99 SE
7/37
SJ 96359350

HYDE
HIGHAM LANE
WERNETH LOW COUNTRY PARK
Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low.

(Formerly listed as War Memorial Obelisk on Hackingknife Hill, WERNETH LOW COUNTRY PARK, HYDE, previously listed as War Memorial)

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War Memorial dedicated 25th June 1921. Granite with iron railings. Obelisk. Banded rustication and inscription on base which reads "They willingly left the unachieved purpose of their lives in order that all life should not be wrenched from its purpose". Plaque to rear commemorates the 1939-45 war. Bronze coat of arms. Plain railings with corner wreaths. The memorial is set on a hill overlooking Hyde.

Listing NGR: SJ9643693504

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320819

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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