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Latitude: 55.0104 / 55°0'37"N
Longitude: -1.4572 / 1°27'26"W
OS Eastings: 434809
OS Northings: 568557
OS Grid: NZ348685
Mapcode National: GBR LB8H.9Q
Mapcode Global: WHD4R.LB9B
Plus Code: 9C7W2G6V+44
Entry Name: War Memorial, Benches, Walls, Piers, Terrace and Steps
Listing Date: 24 October 1950
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1184732
English Heritage Legacy ID: 303325
ID on this website: 101184732
Location: North Shields, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, NE29
County: North Tyneside
Electoral Ward/Division: Preston
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tynemouth
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: North Shields Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
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TYNEMOUTH HAWKEY'S LANE
NZ 36 NW
North Shields
7/80 War memorial, benches, walls,
piers, terrace and steps.
24.10.50
G.V. II
War memorial benches, walls, piers, terrace and steps. Circa 1920. War memorial, walls
and piers of Portland stone; bronze panels in low relief; sandstone square paving
and granite steps. Wide cenotaph has projecting centre with low-relief panels
depicting angel and uniformed men; bronze-wreathed band; low pyramidal coping;
classical-style benches set against canted walls breaking forward either side and
ending in low square piers with projecting panels on street front. Nosed granite
steps to flagged terrace enclosed by walls. Panels on canted walls inscribed
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN THE
BOOK OF HONOUR TREASURED IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, at left; at right THIS MONUMENT
AND THE INFIRMARY EXTENSION WERE ERECTED AS THE TOWN'S WAR MEMORIAL IN HONOUR
OF THOSE WHO DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
Listing NGR: NZ3480968557
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, 8 February 2017.
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