Description

LEEDS

SE2933NE THE HEADROW
714-1/75/396 (North side)
05/08/76 War Memorial

GV II

War memorial. 1922, restored 1992. Henry C Fahr sculptor, JE
Proctor, designer. First and Second World Wars memorial.
Marble octagonal steps, plinth and squat obelisk with carvings
of owls, wreaths and flags, bronze figures of Peace on north
side and War, (St George and the Dragon) on south. Bronze
angel replaced 1992 by Ian Judd and Andy Elton. Moved to this
site from City Square in 1937, to stand at the east end of JE
Proctor's Garden of Rest. It was originally surmounted by a
bronze figure of Victory, removed 1967.
(Heap, A: The Headrow, a pictorial record: Leeds: 1990-: 17).

Listing NGR: SE2989033814

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, 31 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Leeds War Memorial at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26547390

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)