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War Memorial, Piers and Chain

A Grade II Listed Building in Crook, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7151 / 54°42'54"N

Longitude: -1.7449 / 1°44'41"W

OS Eastings: 416531

OS Northings: 535599

OS Grid: NZ165355

Mapcode National: GBR JF8X.1J

Mapcode Global: WHC4V.5RC5

Plus Code: 9C6WP784+32

Entry Name: War Memorial, Piers and Chain

Listing Date: 5 June 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1229011

English Heritage Legacy ID: 403771

Also known as: Crook Town War Memorial

ID on this website: 101229011

Location: Crook, County Durham, DL15

County: County Durham

Electoral Ward/Division: Crook

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Crook

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Crook

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


CROOK AND WILLINGTON CHURCH STREET
NZ 13 NE
(North side) Crook
24/22 War Memorial, piers
and chain
GV II

War memorial, with surrounding piers and chain. Circa 1919. Signed S. Webby,
Liverpool. White granite; iron chain. 2 steps to tall tapered rectangular-
section memorial on plinth; column has 2 offsets, cornice and diagonally-set
square coping. Arms of Crook in wreath on main faces; shorter sides have
pilasters with garlands; names of dead of wars of 1914-1918, 1939-1945, and
1950-1953 in Korea, in panels and on plinth. Diagonally-set low flat curb
supports tapered square posts with pyramidal tops; link chain, with spikes
through links, attached to posts.


Listing NGR: NZ1653135599


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, 24 July 2017.

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