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Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery

A Grade II Listed Building in Bulk, Lancashire

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Latitude: 54.0512 / 54°3'4"N

Longitude: -2.7776 / 2°46'39"W

OS Eastings: 349189

OS Northings: 461969

OS Grid: SD491619

Mapcode National: GBR 9P1L.GJ

Mapcode Global: WH847.9FLN

Plus Code: 9C6V362C+FX

Entry Name: Crimea Monument in Lancaster Cemetery

Listing Date: 13 March 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1298304

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383284

ID on this website: 101298304

Location: Lancaster Cemetery, Ridge, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1

County: Lancashire

District: Lancaster

Electoral Ward/Division: Bulk

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Lancaster Christ Church

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

Tagged with: Gothic Revival War memorial

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Description



LANCASTER

SD46SE QUERNMORE ROAD
1685-1/1/250 (North side (off))
Crimea Monument in Lancaster
Cemetery

II

Crimean War memorial. c1860. Carboniferous limestone. An
obelisk, standing on 3 deep steps and consisting of a square
plinth and tapering shaft set on a square base. Each face of
the plinth is topped by a Grecian pediment. On the west side
the base of the shaft is inscribed 'CRIMEA', and the plinth is
inscribed: 'TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS, NATIVES OF LANCASTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WHO
FELL IN THE RUSSIAN WAR, A.D. MDCCCLIV.V.VI. THIS MONUMENT
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS IS DEDICATED.' On other faces
are inscribed the names of those soldiers who died.


Listing NGR: SD4918961969


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.

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