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War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Hoole, Cheshire West and Chester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1996 / 53°11'58"N

Longitude: -2.8788 / 2°52'43"W

OS Eastings: 341393

OS Northings: 367309

OS Grid: SJ413673

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.2H6T

Mapcode Global: WH887.RTBZ

Plus Code: 9C5V54XC+RF

Entry Name: War Memorial

Listing Date: 16 March 2004

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1390815

English Heritage Legacy ID: 492013

ID on this website: 101390815

Location: Hoole, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH2

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Electoral Ward/Division: Hoole

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Chester

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Hoole All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description


HOOLE VILLAGE

313/0/10005 FLOOKERSBROOK
16-MAR-04 War Memorial

II
Wayside war memorial, Dedicated in 1923. Designed by F.Davies, MSA, architect. Ashlar sandstone memorial comprising a Latin Cross set on a square plinth with recessed panels, some with relief decoration. The plinth stands on a hexagonal 2-stepped base, which is set forward of a low ashlar masonry wall added to the site in 1949 to commemorate the Fallen of WW2. The cross plinth carries the inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF HOOLE AND NEWTON/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVESIN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/MEN OF PEACE,THEY WAXED VALIANT IN WAR/AND WON A VICTORY/TO BE USED/BY GODS HELP/FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD/AND FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL MEN/EASTER DAY 1923. The ashlar wall incorporates an inscribed panel which reads THIS MEMORIAL RECORDS THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF HOOLE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-45/(NAMES)" AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

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, 26 January 2017.

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