List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHESTER CITY WAR MEMORIAL TO THOSE SLAIN IN BOTH WORLD WARS

List Entry Number: 1376396

Location

CHESTER CITY WAR MEMORIAL TO THOSE SLAIN IN BOTH WORLD WARS, ST WERBURGH STREET

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
District: Cheshire West and Chester
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 06-Aug-1998

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 470394

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List Entry Description

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History

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Details

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE ST WERBURGH STREET 595-1/4/355 (North side (off)) Chester City War Memorial to those slain in both World Wars

GV II

War memorial. 1922. By Frederick H Crossley (d.1955) Red sandstone stepped base, plinth and hexagonal cross. The fourth step of the base is inscribed ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY/IN HONOUR OF HER SONS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914/1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED/ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN/THE TOWN HALL AND THEIR/IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/IN THE HEARTS THEIR/FELLOW CITIZENS. On the west side of the third step is inscribed 1939/1945. On the plinth of the cross niches hold the figures of ST MICHAEL, ST ALBAN, ST GEORGE, ST WERBERGH, ST MAURICE and ST DAVID.

Listing NGR: SJ4057766425

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.

Selected Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/183169
War Memorials Register, accessed 26 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/9873

Map

National Grid Reference: SJ 40577 66425

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