Corsenside Parish War Memorial, West Woodburn

The polished granite memorial stands in an enclosure to the west side of the A68, c40m to the south-east of High Park House. It takes the form of an obelisk, square on plan with a pyramidal top, rising from the corniced cap of a tapering pedestal. The pedestal base stands on a sandstone step, square on plan.

The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads THE WORLD WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ ERECTED BY/ THE PARISH OF CORSENSIDE/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ (NAMES). The names are recorded with place of burial and date of death. The southern pedestal face carries the Second World War names, similarly recorded.

The square enclosure is defined by low stone walls with two corner piers to the front wall. The front wall is broken by a narrow rake of stone steps from which a short path leads to the memorial.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 February 2017.