Description

MURTON

488/0/10011 GREGSON TERRACE
14-FEB-06 (South side)
War Memorial, Village Green

II
First World War Memorial, Granite and bronze. Cenotaph of granite blocks on square plinth upon a rectangular stepped base. Head of cenotaph has carvings of laurel wreaths and shields bearing crosses in relief. Main inscription ON FRONT reads
TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF/ MURTON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ WHILST SERVING THEIR COUNTRY 1914-1918/THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ERECTED BY THE WORKMEN AND OFFICIALS/OF MURTON COLLIERY. Inscription BELOW on plinth reads
ALSO/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF/ MURTON AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/
The 536 names of the fallen of the First World War are recorded in two columns on each of the two sides and in four columns on the rear, ordered alphabetically by surname. The names of the fallen of the Second World War are recorded in four columns on the sides and rear of the plinth.
HISTORY: Commissioned and erected by Murton Colliery
SOURCES: UKNIWM ref 19002

This imposing First World War memorial in the form of a cenotaph is an attractive and well executed memorial to the fallen of two World Wars. It evinces strong local ties with the inhabitants of Murton, many of whom were former miners.
Recommended for listing in Grade II.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26670875

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6