Bishopton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 2016. War memorial.
Bishopton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-gallery-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands on a green to the west of the Church of St Peter (Grade II-listed) in central Bishopton. The Cornish granite memorial comprises a Celtic cross rising from a tapered, square, plinth, that stands on a square, three-stepped, base.
The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads IN/ PROUD MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The 14 First World War names are listed on the side faces and to the rear the Second World War dedication reads AND OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO DIED IN/ THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945./ (2 NAMES).
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, 7 February 2017.
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