Description

HALSALL HALSALL ROAD
SD 31 SE
3/53 War Memorial
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GV II

War memorial. Circa 1920 incorporating cross base which is probably C15.
Limestone, with cross base of sandstone. Cross base of square plan,
chamfered to an octagon with a projecting roll moulding. It rests on 4
steps of octagonal plan. Shaft octagonal and tapering. Cross head is
gabled and carved with crucifixion scene. Around the 2nd step is
inscribed: ' This cross has been set up on the ancient base by the
Halsall parishioners in memory of their kinsmen who fell for King and
Country 1914-1919. Their names are inscribed below.'

Listing NGR: SD3698710254

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, 2 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26330820

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide