War Memorial In Rawtenstall Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1999. A 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
War Memorial In Rawtenstall Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- night-moulding-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1999
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- 20th century
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SD 8123 RAWTENSTALL BURNLEY ROAD (East, off) 255/14/10008 War Memorial in Rawtenstall Cemetery
II
Community war memorial. Erected Sept. 1915, at the instigation of Councillor Carrie Whitehead, JP, of Rawtenstall, and made by Joseph Harling of Rawtenstall. Pale grey granite, with incised inscriptions. Square base of 3 steps, carrying a square die. Base and die are inscribed. Plain cross on square base of 2 steps. This is the earliest known community war memorial erected during World War I, and originally commemorated only the dead from two council wards in Rawtenstall.
Listing NGR: SD8130623280
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, 2 February 2017.
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