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Hamdon Hill War Memorial

A Grade II Listed Building in Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9529 / 50°57'10"N

Longitude: -2.7458 / 2°44'44"W

OS Eastings: 347707

OS Northings: 117311

OS Grid: ST477173

Mapcode National: GBR MJ.N84T

Mapcode Global: FRA 564L.G29

Plus Code: 9C2VX733+4M

Entry Name: Hamdon Hill War Memorial

Listing Date: 27 October 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1241897

English Heritage Legacy ID: 441149

Also known as: Stoke-sub-Hamdon obelisk

ID on this website: 101241897

Location: Ham Hill Country Park, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Stoke sub Hamdon

Built-Up Area: Stoke sub Hamdon

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


ST4717 STOKE SUB HAMDON CP HAM HILL ROAD (East side,off)
6/306 Hamdon Hill War Memorial
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- II
First World War memorial. 1920/23, Ham stone pecked ashlar. Three square- step base, about 4.5 metres wide and 1.5
metre high, the cuboid plinth with one plain panel each face, simple cornice, then a stone obelisk about 6 metres high.
The names of the war dead inscribed in the panels; on the north face an added bronze plaque with the names of the
1939-45 war dead, and set on the north face of the obelisk a bronze wreath placed by the Prince of Wales, as Duke of
Cornwall, on 19th July 1923. This is a very prominent landmark on the spur of Hamdon Hill, located within the Ham Hill
Country Park.


Listing NGR: ST4770717311


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, 14 December 2016.

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