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| HER Number: | MDV106610 |
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| Name: | Seaton War Memorial, St Gregory's Churchyard |
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Summary
Celtic-style memorial cross to those who died in both world wars.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 247 905 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Seaton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SEATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to World War II - 1918 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Roll-of-Honour.com, 2002-2014, Roll of Honour (Website). SDV351510.
The memorial is to be found in St Gregory's Churchyard, Seaton, and is in the form of a wheel cross of stone atop a three stepped base, with Celtic-style carvings on the head and the shaft of the cross. There are 32 names for the First World War and 30 for the Second World War all listed by surname and forename.
GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.
Map object based on this source.
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, 260; Figure 6.34d; SEA01 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
'War Meml' shown. Map object based on this source.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25396 (Website). SDV356253.
Wheel cross of granite set on a three-stepped stone base. Inscription on top step, names on centre and bottom steps.
Inscription: SEATON'S TRIBUTE TO HER GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351510 | Website: Roll-of-Honour.com. 2002-2014. Roll of Honour. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Devon. Website. |
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| SDV351585 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV355902 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. 260; Figure 6.34d; SEA01. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25396. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 31 2014 1:01PM |
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