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Latitude: 53.2517 / 53°15'6"N
Longitude: -0.8936 / 0°53'37"W
OS Eastings: 473914
OS Northings: 373311
OS Grid: SK739733
Mapcode National: GBR QZ6V.B2
Mapcode Global: WHFGP.7JQK
Plus Code: 9C5X7424+MH
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 26 June 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1389253
English Heritage Legacy ID: 487888
ID on this website: 101389253
Location: East Markham, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, NG22
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Bassetlaw
Civil Parish: East Markham
Built-Up Area: East Markham
Traditional County: Nottinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire
Church of England Parish: East Markham
Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham
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EAST MARKHAM,
HIGH STREET,
War Memorial
26-JUN-01
GV II
War memorial, unveiled Tuesday 21st September 1920 by Mr W. Chapman J.P. (Chairman of East Markham Parish Council), dedicated by Reverend J. O. Crosse (Vicar of East Markham), designed and made by Sharpe & Hoggard (of Retford). Paid for by Mr Henry Cowlishaw and erected on land donated by Mrs Drinkwater. Polished pink granite. Square plan with four lower steps all rock-faced. Above a tapering base, with double chamfered plinths, inscribed with the names of those who fell in the Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War. Moulded cap surmounted by tall broken Doric column – the broken column is a deliberate feature (representing the lives cut short), with the column top being placed on the lower corner step.
Listing NGR: SK7391273310
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, 24 January 2017.
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