Description

SK 05 80 TOWN OF CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH MARKET PLACE
8/44 (South Side)
War Memorial
GV II

War memorial. 1919. Gritstone with wrought iron post and chains. Four steps up
to square pier with shallow plinth below and simple coved cornice above. Diagonal
buttress to each corner,to full height of pier, stepped and curved in near top.
Acanthus leaf bracket to tops of buttresses. Sides of pier inscribed with names of
dead. Domed top decorated with acanthus leaves and roundels. Just below, base
with chamfered corners inscribed 'Erected 1919 to record the honoured names of the
men from the Parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith who served in the Great War'. Railings
hung all round on four iron columns made up of wrought iron bars with scroll bases
and tops.

Listing NGR: SK0570380701

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, 25 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619440

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback