Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish
MONUMENT TO DEAD IN CIVIL WAR SKIRMISH, BARBER'S BRIDGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078610
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish
- Statutory Address:
- MONUMENT TO DEAD IN CIVIL WAR SKIRMISH, BARBER'S BRIDGE
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- Reference:
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- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078610
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Monument to Dead in Civil War Skirmish
- Statutory Address 1:
- MONUMENT TO DEAD IN CIVIL WAR SKIRMISH, BARBER'S BRIDGE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- MONUMENT TO DEAD IN CIVIL WAR SKIRMISH, BARBER'S BRIDGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rudford and Highleadon
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 77292 22176
Details
SO 72 SE RUDFORD BARBER'S BRIDGE
8/216 Monument to dead in Civil War
skirmish
II
Monument; 1871 for W. P. Price. Rock-faced ashlar, dressed
margins to horizontal joints and corners in upper part. Square
needle on base. Three rock-faced steps, smooth ashlar plinth with
inscription on all 4 faces, chamfered top. Tapering needle 10
courses high, steeply chamfered top, carrying stone cross.
Inscription in English and Welsh. Stones taken from old walls of
City of Gloucester. Commemorates Lord Herbert's Welsh force,
killed in battle with Parliamentarian soldiers under Sir William
Waller and Colonel Massey in 1643: their remains were discovered
shortly before date of monument. Very prominent by main road.
(Morris' Gloucestershire Directory, 1876.)
Listing NGR: SO7729222176
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, 10 January 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 125752
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Morris Directory in Gloucestershire, (1876)
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 10 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/65908
War Memorials Online, accessed 10 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/202500
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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