Carlisle - WW1 Rickerby Park

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Reference WMO/71451

Address:

Rickerby Park

Eden Bridges entrance to the park

Carlisle

CA3 9NB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Park
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A memorial park with a standing cenotaph recorded separately- WMO/132433. Park with circular bronze plaque at entrance mounted onto wall. The edge of the plaque is moulded with laurel wreathes and roses at the north, south, east and west points of the plaque. Ornamental pleasure grounds and landscaped park laid out in about 1835, as the setting for a Greek Revival house. The park was altered in 1920-22 to form a war memorial park. Formal gardens and entrance added in 1932-33 to the design of the landscape architect Edward Prentice Mawson of Thomas Mawson and Son, with the City Surveyor, Percy Dalton. Opened 25 May 1922 by the Earl of Lonsdale. Sponsored by the Carlisle Citizens League. The city provided extra money for road improvements and for the foundations of the cenotaph and bridge in the park. The overall cost was £21 000
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1932/CITY OF CARLISLE/THIS ENTRANCE WAS PROVIDED/AND RICKERBY PARK ACQUIRED FOR THE PUBLIC/BY THE EFFORTS OF/THE CARLISLE CITIZENS LEAGUE/IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914-1918

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