Description

RIXTON WITH GLAZEBROOK

23/0/10003 HOLLINS GREEN
06-MAR-08 War Memorial

II
War memorial, c.1920, sandstone. WWII inscription added later. Square column on square base and plinth surmounted by cross.

Flat square plinth. Square column base with inverted cavetto moulding at feet. Band around top of base reads 'Remember those men/of Hollinfare who/gave their lives in/the Great War 1914-1919'. East elevation displays names of 12 men. West elevation displays '1939.1945' and names of 3 men. Memorial sits upon traffic island enclosed by black and gold iron bollards.

HISTORY: Memorial commemorates the men of Hollinfare who who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: An elegant war memorial with inscribed base and square column surmounted by a cross commemorating local soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

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, 26 January 2017.

Reasons for Listing

An elegant war memorial with inscribed base and square column surmounted by a cross commemorating local soldiers who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671676

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)