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Latitude: 51.2705 / 51°16'13"N
Longitude: 0.5806 / 0°34'50"E
OS Eastings: 580114
OS Northings: 155530
OS Grid: TQ801555
Mapcode National: GBR PR9.9M5
Mapcode Global: VHJMG.0BSF
Entry Name: War Memorial North West of Church of the Holy Cross
Listing Date: 20 July 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1086256
English Heritage Legacy ID: 173514
Location: Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, ME14
County: Kent
District: Maidstone
Civil Parish: Bearsted
Built-Up Area: Maidstone
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
TQ 85 NW BEARSTED CHURCH LANE
(east side)
6/7 War Memorial north
west of Church of
The Holy Cross
II
War memorial to the fallen of the first and second world wars.
Erected 1920. (M. Bourner, F. Hull, R. Tate and others, A History
of Bearsted and Thurnham, no date, late C20.) Stone. Decorative
cross on octagonal shaft with carved capital, and broach stops
at the bottom, standing on a square block with chamfered corners
and large ornamental broach stops. Dedications inscribed on the
south and west faces of the block. 3 octagonal steps beneath
with names inscribed on the risers. Deeply coved octagonal
base.
Listing NGR: TQ8005655732
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 November 2016.
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