War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial
War Memorial

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The work is in the style of a cenotaph. There are two steps up to an inscribed block plinth carrying a tapering slab with a small bronze laurel wreath and chamfered angles. It also had short wing walls, rock-faced to the rear.
Title

War Memorial

Medium

Heworth Burn stone

Accession number

NE61_SD_S001

Acquisition method

commissioned by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

31st July 1920

Listing date

18/12/85

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on front of the top part of the pedestal, with names on the lower half: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914–1919 / 1939–1945 / THEY FOR FREEDOM GAVE THEIR BEST.

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Located at

B1337, Longhirst

NE61 3LU

Located at the corner of B1337 and the road signed Longhirst Colliery.