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Latitude: 54.1842 / 54°11'3"N
Longitude: -1.0584 / 1°3'30"W
OS Eastings: 461549
OS Northings: 476898
OS Grid: SE615768
Mapcode National: GBR PN11.NV
Mapcode Global: WHFB4.Q365
Plus Code: 9C6W5WMR+MM
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 4 October 2007
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1392270
English Heritage Legacy ID: 502964
ID on this website: 101392270
Location: Holy Cross Church, Gilling East, North Yorkshire, YO62
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
Civil Parish: Gilling East
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Gilling East Holy Cross
Church of England Diocese: York
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GILLING EAST
555/0/10005 MAIN STREET
04-OCT-07 War Memorial
II
War memorial, erected after the First World War, sandstone in the form of an arched entrance to the churchyard of the Parish Church of the Holy Cross, itself listed at Grade II. Wide buttressed pillars support a Tudor arch topped with a stone slate hipped roof. A form of Fleury cross in stone rises from the centre. The lintel carries a raised inscription, in white outlined in gold paint and on a red background, in Gothic lettering and reading: In Memory of the men of Gilling East, Grimstone/and Cawton who gave their lives in the Great War/1914/1919. Bronze plaques fixed to each pillar carry the names of the fallen, 7 to the left and 6 to the right.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE
War memorials always merit serious consideration for designation as historic and cultural signifiers of the impact of world events on small local communities. This memorial arch is a good example from the First World War, with strong local ties and a well executed construction.
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, 4 September 2017.
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