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War Memorial and Surround Approximately 15 Metres North of the Town Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Wallingford, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6 / 51°35'59"N

Longitude: -1.1247 / 1°7'28"W

OS Eastings: 460720

OS Northings: 189377

OS Grid: SU607893

Mapcode National: GBR 911.QGL

Mapcode Global: VHCYP.G18S

Plus Code: 9C3WHVXG+X4

Entry Name: War Memorial and Surround Approximately 15 Metres North of the Town Hall

Listing Date: 9 February 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1048500

English Heritage Legacy ID: 249277

ID on this website: 101048500

Location: Wallingford, South Oxfordshire, OX10

County: Oxfordshire

District: South Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Wallingford

Built-Up Area: Wallingford

Traditional County: Berkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

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Description


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WALLINGFORD
MARKET PLACE
(South side)
Wallingford
War Memorial and surround approx, 15m of The Town Hall

GV
II

War Memorial. c,1921, with post 1945 inscriptions. Stone: bronze statue. Square
stepped base; square plinth with bronze panels of names to each side. Decorative
frieze to top. Statue of female figure holding wreath, by Geo. Alexander (?).
Shallow stone plinth surround forming 4 flower beds in a circle round the base.
The surround was the former base to the pillar, now in the Bullcroft (q.v.),
which marked the spot where bulls were baited.
(V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol,III, 1923, p.520).

Listing NGR: SU6072089377


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 11 January 2017.

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