Barwick in Elmet

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Reference WMO/179813

Address:

The Cross

Main Street

Barwick in Elmet

LS15 4JQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Market cross
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: http://www.pro-patria-mori.co.uk/bar_loc_hist.html.As shown by the photos, the cross is an ancient village cross and was restored as a war memorial. Base of cross surmounted by War Memorial. Medieval with 1919 memorial. Dressed freestone base, limestone memorial. Cross-base: square on plan with 4 diminishing steps. War memorial: a tall cross with plinth, tapering shaft and wheel-head cross carved with Celtic style interlace carving. Set in the south face of the shaft and plinth are 3 bronze plaques, the middle one recording the restoration of the cross in 1919 as a war memorial. Plaque above has names of the fallen and plaque below the names of the fallen of the 1939-45 War. c Historic England listing entry
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Grade II (England)

1357446

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