Boer War Memorial on west side of the green

Boer War Memorial on west side of the green, Avenue Road

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1146878
Date first listed:: 22-Nov-1983
List Entry Name:: Boer War Memorial on west side of the green
Statutory Address:: Boer War Memorial on west side of the green, Avenue Road

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1146878
Date first listed:: 22-Nov-1983
List Entry Name:: Boer War Memorial on west side of the green
Statutory Address 1:: Boer War Memorial on west side of the green, Avenue Road

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Boer War Memorial on west side of the green, Avenue Road

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lancashire
District:: Ribble Valley (District Authority)
Parish:: Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
National Grid Reference:: SD 68510 37924

Details

SD 63 NE 8/2

AIGHTON, BAILEY & CHAIGLEY Hurst Green AVENUE ROAD Boer War Memorial on west side of the green

GV II Boer War memorial, early C20. Sandstone. Base of square plan with four steps, supporting a Celtic cross with interlace designs on two faces and vine scroll ornament on the sides. A brass plate reads: 'This Cross Commemorates the services of Frederick Sleigh, first Earl Roberts, K.G.V.C. and his companions in arms, the Soldiers and Sailors of the Empire, who fought in South Africa 1899 - 1902'.

Listing NGR: SD6851037924

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, 2 February 2017.

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Legacy System number:: 182886
Legacy System:: LBS

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Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 2 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/137524
War Memorials Register, accessed 2 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/3346

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.