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Latitude: 51.4568 / 51°27'24"N
Longitude: -2.6205 / 2°37'13"W
OS Eastings: 356983
OS Northings: 173276
OS Grid: ST569732
Mapcode National: GBR C2J.CM
Mapcode Global: VH88M.JNH2
Plus Code: 9C3VF94H+PQ
Entry Name: Memorial to the 79TH Regiment
Listing Date: 8 January 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1205759
English Heritage Legacy ID: 379213
ID on this website: 101205759
Location: Durdham Down and Clifton Down, Clifton Wood, Bristol, BS8
County: City of Bristol
Electoral Ward/Division: Clifton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bristol
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol
Church of England Parish: Clifton Christ Church with Emmanuel
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Memorial
BRISTOL
ST5673SE CLIFTON DOWN, Clifton
901-1/7/755 (South East side)
08/01/59 Memorial to the 79th Regiment
II*
War memorial. Erected 1766 by General Draper, moved 1882.
Portland stone and purple slate. Rectangular plinth with angle
buttresses, surmounted by a sarcophagus with scrolled brackets
at the corners, and an urn with a flame. HISTORICAL NOTE:
erected in the garden of Manilla House by its owner, the
General, to commemorate the Indian part of the Seven Years War
1759-62. Moved when Manilla Road was built. A very early war
memorial.
Listing NGR: ST5698373276
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, 15 December 2016.
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