War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1323086
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1985
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, FRONT STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-02-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/09250/35
- Rights:
- © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1323086
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-1985
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, FRONT STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shotton
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 39497 41096
Details
NZ 34 SE SHOTTON FRONT STREET
(West end)
1/36 War Memorial
II
First World War Memorial. 1920. White marble monument with 4 bronze plaques.
Life-sized statue of First World War Infantryman on pedestal with slightly-
battered sides, each with raised plaque. Front plaque, above carved wreath,
inscribed: ERECTED 1920 BY THE PARISHIONERS AND FEDERATED WORKMEN OF SHOTTON
COLLIERY TO THE MEMORY OF THE 152 MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919.
Remaining plaques name those who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Listing NGR: NZ3949741096
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, 7 February 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109448
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/10283
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 February 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/113208
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