Listed Building: CHESTER CITY WAR MEMORIAL TO THOSE SLAIN IN BOTH WORLD WARS (1376396)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 595-1, 4, 355
Date assigned 06 August 1998
Date last amended

Description

CHESTER CITY (IM) SJ4066SE ST WERBURGH STREET 595-1/4/355 (North side (off)) Chester City War Memorial to those slain in both World Wars GV II War memorial. 1922. By FH Crossley. Red sandstone; stepped base, plinth and hexagonal cross. The fourth step of the base is inscribed ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY IN HONOUR OF HER SONS: WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE : GREAT WAR 1914-1918: THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN: THE TOWN HALL AND THEIR IMPERISHABLE MEMORY: IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS. On the west side of the third step is inscribed 1939-1945. On the plinth of the cross niches hold the figures of ST. DAVID, ST. M... (?) ST. WERBURGH, ST. GEORGE, ST. ALBAN and ST. MICHAEL. Listing NGR: SJ4057766425

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 470394. [Mapped features: #5593 470394; #10895 470394]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4057 6642 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NW
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2012 11:58AM