Martyrs' Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Memorial.
Martyrs' Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fallow-granite-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Martyrs' Memorial is a Grade II listed obelisk located in Lewes, Cuilfail, and was erected in 1901. It is made of stone and stands on a tall plinth with a rougher stone base. An inscription panel is set into the plinth, which reads: "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAIIED SEVENTEEN PROTESTANT MARTYRS WHO, FOR THEIR FAITHFUL TESTIMONY TO GOD's TRUTH, WERE, DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY, BURNED TO DEATH, IN FRONT OF THE THEN STAR INN NOW THE TOWN HALL - LEWES. THIS OBELISK, PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTIONS, WAS ERECTED A.D. 1901." The panel also includes the names of the martyrs along with the dates of their executions, and concludes with a verse from Revelations, chapter 12, verse 11.
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