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Well Head and War Memorial at Junction with Grange Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Clifton, Central Bedfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.037 / 52°2'13"N

Longitude: -0.3033 / 0°18'11"W

OS Eastings: 516478

OS Northings: 238977

OS Grid: TL164389

Mapcode National: GBR H4W.84R

Mapcode Global: VHGNC.P2J9

Plus Code: 9C4X2MPW+QM

Entry Name: Well Head and War Memorial at Junction with Grange Street

Listing Date: 2 January 1985

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1312732

English Heritage Legacy ID: 37806

ID on this website: 101312732

Location: Clifton, Central Bedfordshire, SG17

County: Central Bedfordshire

Civil Parish: Clifton

Built-Up Area: Clifton (Central Bedfordshire)

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Clifton

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


TL 1638
12/20

CLIFTON
CHURCH STREET (West Side)
Well head and war memorial, at junction with Grange Street

II

Well head later converted to war memorial. Date 1881 worked into fretwork of wellhead, with plaque added to commemorate World Wars I and II. Timber structure, painted to imitate oak, lower part of roof of plain and fishscale tiles, upper part of diamond-shaped slates. Picturesque style. Small square shelter, lower part of roof hipped, upper part with gablets, topped by small lantern with spire. Fret-work decoration to gablets and lantern, wrought iron finials. Well-head within has gabled wood casing surmounted by small embattled lantern. To north side is large ashlar tablet bearing names of those of the Parish who fell in the Great Wars, surmounted by a small bronze plaque.

Listing NGR: TL1647838977

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, 16 January 2017.

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