Listed Building: Harby-with-Swinethorpe War Memorial (DNT6106)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Historic England |
Date assigned | 11 June 2019 |
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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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Sources (1)
- SNT228 Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 87836 70501 (2m by 1m) |
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Map sheet | SK87SE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Harby, Newark |
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Record last edited
Jun 11 2019 10:30AM