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Latitude: 52.5589 / 52°33'31"N
Longitude: -1.2473 / 1°14'50"W
OS Eastings: 451127
OS Northings: 295938
OS Grid: SP511959
Mapcode National: GBR 8N8.HH6
Mapcode Global: WHDJN.TY75
Plus Code: 9C4WHQ53+H3
Entry Name: War Memorial Cross and Enclosure
Listing Date: 27 April 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1177841
English Heritage Legacy ID: 189008
Also known as: Croft War Memorial
ID on this website: 101177841
Location: Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire, LE9
County: Leicestershire
District: Blaby
Civil Parish: Croft
Built-Up Area: Littlethorpe
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Broughton Astley St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: War memorial
CROFT HUNCOTE ROAD
SP 59 NW (south west side)
2/18 War Memorial cross
and enclosure
II
War memorial cross and enclosure. c.1920. Granite rubble and
ashlar. Moulded hexagonal plinth of 2 steps, carrying a short
armed square section cross with a square base. To the east, cast
metal panels with the dates 1914-1918 and the names of the dead.
Around the cross, a semi-circular paved area, bounded to east by
8 truncated obelisk posts linked by a spiked chain, and on the
other sides by a rubble wall.
Listing NGR: SP5112795938
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, 19 January 2017.
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