Calderbridge War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. Memorial.
Calderbridge War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- idle-ember-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: red sandstone.
DESCRIPTION: Calderbridge War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Bridget, A595, Calderbridge, Cumbria. It is prominently situated south of the church entrance, facing the main road junction in the heart of the hamlet. It comprises a red sandstone wheel-head Celtic cross with stylised relief-carved strap- and ball-work to the cross and shaft, with a dedication in relief-carved lettering to the base of the shaft front, surmounting a tapering four-sided plinth with relief-carved inscriptions, on a narrow two-stepped square base.
The inscription is in relief-carved lettering and reads IN SACRED/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ ST BRIDGET'S/ PARISH/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES// FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 – 1919/ (NAMES)// THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ ECCLUS.XLIV.14// IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD/ WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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