Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low
Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low, Werneth Low Country Park, Higham Lane
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1068049
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low
- Statutory Address:
- Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low, Werneth Low Country Park, Higham Lane
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1068049
- Date first listed:
- 06-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low
- Statutory Address 1:
- Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low, Werneth Low Country Park, Higham Lane
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low, Werneth Low Country Park, Higham Lane
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Tameside (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9643693504
Details
The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/01/2019.
SJ 99 SE
7/37
SJ 96359350
HYDE
HIGHAM LANE
WERNETH LOW COUNTRY PARK
Hyde War Memorial Obelisk on Werneth Low.
(Formerly listed as War Memorial Obelisk on Hackingknife Hill, WERNETH LOW COUNTRY PARK, HYDE, previously listed as War Memorial)
II
War Memorial dedicated 25th June 1921. Granite with iron railings. Obelisk. Banded rustication and inscription on base which reads "They willingly left the unachieved purpose of their lives in order that all life should not be wrenched from its purpose". Plaque to rear commemorates the 1939-45 war. Bronze coat of arms. Plain railings with corner wreaths. The memorial is set on a hill overlooking Hyde.
Listing NGR: SJ9643693504
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, 30 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 212495
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3257
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/201079
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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