Description

SK 17 SE PARISH OF LITTON CRESSBROOK UPPER LANE
3/47 (North Side)
War Memorial
GV II

War memorial, c1920 by Boden of Matlock. Rubble limestone with gritstone dressings.
Set into the hillside with rubblestone retaining walls, to the road capped by obelisks,
to the sides and rear capped by railings. Steps up from the road. In the middle of
the enclosure the memorial itself is a gritstone tapering pier on a pedestal base.
Inscribed 1914 1919 within a wreath, and Sacred / to the memory of the / Men of
Cressbrook / who fell in the Great War. The names of those who died inscribed on
the base and sides. Listed for group value only.

Listing NGR: SK1698173114

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, 25 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452500

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)