Appleton le Moors War Memorial

The war memorial takes the form of a tablet within an arched well-head, set in the churchyard wall of Christ Church, Appleton le Moor’s parish church (Grade I). The well-head, apparently constructed c 1865 at the same time as the church and vicarage, stands c 4m tall, and is of sandstone ashlar. It has a gabled parapet, with an arched opening in the Transitional style. Originally it gave protection to a well, replaced with a pump before 1891. After the First World War a war memorial tablet or plaque giving the names of the Fallen was set within the arch. Later, probably in the 1960s, the originally open rear of the arch was walled across and a replacement memorial plaque was set in it inscribed IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918 (5 names). Perhaps at the same time the front of the arch was closed with a fence-like grill.

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, 23 November 2017.