Listed Building: Harby-with-Swinethorpe War Memorial (DNT6106)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Date assigned 11 June 2019
Date last amended

Description

First World War memorial, unveiled on 2 October 1920 in a ceremony attended by Major Jarvis of Doddington Hall and serving service personnel. The shaft and base of the memorial cross were origi-nally part of the ancient village cross dismantled by Cromwell's Roundheads. The base bears the names of 81 men who enlisted and survived and 19 who died. Of stone, it is in the form of a square tapering obelisk mounted on a two-tiered rectangular tapering plinth and rectangular base. Two of the faces of the plinth bear a wreath in relief, and another has a metal plaque with raised lettering with the following inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / (9 NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-18 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / HARBY WITH SWINETHORPE.

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  • Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 87836 70501 (2m by 1m)
Map sheet SK87SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Harby, Newark

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2019 10:30AM

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