Wigton Playing Fields

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Reference WMO/173653

Address:

Barton Laws

West road, opposite the junction with Park Road (at the south end of town)

Wigton

CA7 9RG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Land
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Grass
  • Metal Brass
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Stone built cairn with 2 brass plaques-one on each of the east and west faces. The site cost £840. The Field was purchased privately for the War Memorial Committee, who then handed it over to Wigton Urban District Council with £300 towards it's equipment. The Site has always been known as Barton Laws, but now much more explicitly so since the building of the new Clubhouse
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WEST SIDE-This Playing Field/was purchased in/1920 to/perpetuate the/memory of the/townspeople of/Wigton who served/in the Great War/1914-1918 EAST SIDE- This Playing Field was/dedicated by the Wigton/Town Council to/commemorate the opening/of the Wigton Bypass on/7th April 1993/This Memorial was built by/the Contractors-Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd/and the plaques were/provided by/UCB Films PLC

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