Alcock Monument in Centre of Manchester Southern Cemetery
ALCOCK MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, BARLOW MOOR ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197802
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Alcock Monument in Centre of Manchester Southern Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- ALCOCK MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, BARLOW MOOR ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197802
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jun-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Alcock Monument in Centre of Manchester Southern Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- ALCOCK MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, BARLOW MOOR ROAD
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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:
- ALCOCK MONUMENT IN CENTRE OF MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY, BARLOW MOOR ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ8283092461
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ89SW BARLOW MOOR ROAD, Barlow Moor
698-1/8/501 (North East side)
Alcock monument in centre of
Manchester Southern Cemetery
GV II
Cemetery monument. c.1920. Commemorates Flight Commander Sir
John W.Alcock K.B.E., D.S.C.(d.1919), pilot of the first
aircraft to make a non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. White
marble. In the form of a tall Celtic cross on a pedestal,
within a rectangular enclosure which also contains a marble
rock with a propellor. The cross has a stepped base with
raised lettering "ALCOCK" on the 2nd step; lettered pedestal
recording the death in an accident while flying a Viking
flying boat from Weybridge to the Paris Aircraft Exhibition,
December 18th 1919; and richly-carved shaft and head. The low
surround to the enclosure has lettering recording details of
the transatlantic flight in a Vickers Vimy biplane from St
Johns Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, 14th-15th June 1919
(1890 miles in 15 hours 57 minutes), for which Alcock was
knighted on 21st June 1919 by H.M. King George V.
Listing NGR: SJ8283092461
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387917
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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