Description

WINSFORD FORMER U.D. DELAMERE STREET
SJ 66 NW
4/95 Monument c. 20 yards to
North of Church of
St. John the Evangelist
-
GV II
Monument to those who died in the fire at Over Cotton mill. 1874. Yellow
sandstone ashlar. Square plinth with chamfered edge. Moulded base
above this also with chamfered edge. Slightly tapering square body
above with octagonal top which has gables and a cross to the centre,
East face bears inscription which heads:

THIS MONUMENT WAS
ERECTED BY PUBLIC
SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE
HERE INSCRIBED AND WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES BY THE
FIRE WHICH OCCURRED AT THE
OVER COTTON MILL ON THE
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR
"AND WHAT I SAY UNTO YOU I SAY
UNTO ALL. WATCH." St Mark 13.37.

On either return are inscribed four names of those who died, the
oldest being thirty-four years, the youngest three months.

Listing NGR: SJ6348866294

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q95636114

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)