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Latitude: 54.1178 / 54°7'4"N
Longitude: -3.2207 / 3°13'14"W
OS Eastings: 320309
OS Northings: 469791
OS Grid: SD203697
Mapcode National: GBR 5NYT.JN
Mapcode Global: WH72H.HRLL
Plus Code: 9C6R4Q9H+4P
Entry Name: War Memorial in Public Park
Listing Date: 6 May 1976
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1218631
English Heritage Legacy ID: 388555
ID on this website: 101218631
Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA13
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow-in-Furness
Electoral Ward/Division: Parkside
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Barrow-in-Furness
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Barrow-in-Furness St Mark
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: War memorial
BARROW IN FURNESS
SD26NW PARK AVENUE
708-1/6/104 (East side (off))
06/05/76 War Memorial in Public Park
II
War Memorial. 1919. By Major C Oakley. For Barrow Haematite
Steel Co. Sculptors Fairburn and Hull; all of Barrow. Portland
limestone with iron railings and bronze plaques. Circular
platform with railings between 4 flights of steps having piers
and balustrades with bronze insets and guilloche ornament.
Central obelisk has plinth with convex corners and bronze
plaques; tapered square shaft with ornament of acanthus,
fluting etc and a bronze wreath on each side. The plaques bear
the dedication to, and names of, those lost in the Great War;
those at each corner with reliefs of infantryman, sailor,
Liberty and an angel. Attached to the railings are 2 plaques
with names of those lost in World War II. An imposing local
landmark.
Listing NGR: SD2030969791
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, 2 February 2017.
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