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War Memorial Approximately 200 Metres East of Church of St Chad

A Grade II Listed Building in Weetwood, Leeds

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Latitude: 53.8278 / 53°49'39"N

Longitude: -1.5835 / 1°35'0"W

OS Eastings: 427509

OS Northings: 436914

OS Grid: SE275369

Mapcode National: GBR B87.GM

Mapcode Global: WHC9C.N14W

Plus Code: 9C5WRCH8+4H

Entry Name: War Memorial Approximately 200 Metres East of Church of St Chad

Listing Date: 11 September 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375302

English Heritage Legacy ID: 466197

Also known as: War memorial, Far Headingley

ID on this website: 101375302

Location: Far Headingley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6

County: Leeds

Electoral Ward/Division: Weetwood

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leeds

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Far Headingley St Chad

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

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Description



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SE2736NE OTLEY ROAD, Far Headingley
714-1/59/668 (West side)
War Memorial approximately 200
metres east of Church of St Chad

GV II

War memorial. c1920. Ashlar. Octagonal steps, plinth and cross
base, tall tapering chamfered cross, curved rear screen wall
on W side approx 1m high with end piers approx 2m high,
overall length 6m. '1914/ 1918' inscribed on cross base; an
oval bronze plaque is fixed on the S end pier of the screen
wall and has raised lettering: 'IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF FAR
HEADINGLEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-18'.
A list of 76 names and 'I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE'. A
plaque on the N pier has 28 names from the 1939-45 war. On the
N face of this pier a plaque commemorates the establishment of
the St Chad's Garden of Rest, laid out by Mr JW Wootton in May
1938.


Listing NGR: SE2750936914


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, 1 February 2017.

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