Description

LANCASTER

SD4861 WYRESDALE ROAD
1685-1/5/329 (West side)
War Memorial approximately 5 metres
north of Christ Church

GV II

War memorial. c1920. Sandstone. An octagonal plinth is built
against a sloping bank and inscribed on the west side: '1914 -
1919 IN LASTING MEMORY OF GLORIOUS DEEDS AND NOBLE ENDURANCE'.
Above are 2 octagonal steps supporting a base of square plan
with crocketed diagonal buttresses. On the west side it is
carved with a crucifix and inscribed: 'For all Mankind'. On
the east side it is carved with a child and 2 standing figures
and inscribed: 'Lent to the Lord'. On the south side it is
inscribed: 'I am the resurection and the life', and on the
north side: 'AMDG in honour of the Parishioners of Christ
Church who gave their lives for King and Country in the Worlds
War 1914- 1919'. A tapering octagonal shaft with foliated
capital supports a cross fleury.

Listing NGR: SD4846761403

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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q61781093

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record