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

TQ 4210 SW 11/75

LEWES CUILFAIL

Martyrs' Memorial

Obelisk. Dated 1901. Stone. Obelisk on tall plinth with rougher stone base. Inscription panel let into plinth, reading: '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.' There follow the names of the martyrs, together with the dates of their executions, and a closing verse, (Revelations, xii. ii., R.V.).

Listing NGR: TQ4242710364

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