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War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Bardon Mill, Northumberland

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Latitude: 54.9754 / 54°58'31"N

Longitude: -2.3434 / 2°20'36"W

OS Eastings: 378119

OS Northings: 564580

OS Grid: NY781645

Mapcode National: GBR DB2X.G8

Mapcode Global: WH913.Z68N

Plus Code: 9C6VXMG4+4M

Entry Name: War Memorial

Listing Date: 8 February 2006

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1391492

English Heritage Legacy ID: 494696

ID on this website: 101391492

Location: Bardon Mill, Northumberland, NE47

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Bardon Mill

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Beltingham with Henshaw

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


339/0/10006

BARDON MILL
War Memorial

08-FEB-06

II
War Memorial, 1920. Granite and sandstone. Celtic cross; crosshead and shaft defined by rolled rope motif edging; crosshead with Celtic interlace and carved stone bosses, shaft bears three rectangular panels with Celtic knot and animal interlace carving and equal armed cross. Stepped rectangular plinth in three parts.

On front reads: IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/RIGHT AND FREEDOM/HOME AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (NAMES) THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

Inscriptions on sides reads: ALSO THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE /SECOND GREAT WAR/1939-1945 (NAMES).

Rectangular two-stepped stone base.

Sources: North East War Memorials Project ref 33739

This First World War memorial with Second World War additions is in the form of a decorated Celtic cross and commemorates the 29 local people who died in two World Wars. It was unveiled in 1921. Listed Grade II.

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, 9 February 2017.

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