War Memorial Chapel St. Leonards, England
Listed Building Data
War Memorial has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1392919
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II
- Date Listed
- 1 September 2005
- Name
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Location
- WAR MEMORIAL, CHURCH LANE
- Parish
- Chapel St. Leonards
- District
- East Lindsey
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Grid Reference
- TF 55263 72028
- Easting
- 555263.0470
- Northing
- 372028.4180
Listed Building Description
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CHAPEL ST LEONARDS
1504/0/10002 CHURCH LANE 01-SEP-05 War Memorial
GV II War memorial. Circa 1921. Roughly hewn grantite. A Celtic cross on a plinth and base. It was originally dedicated to Private Mark Hill, as a First World War monument to an individual, but was later also dedicated to the village dead of the Second World War. The front face of the plinth is inscribed with "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF/(NAME)/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN/HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY/THE PARISHIONERS". The front face of the base is inscribed "1939 (NAMES) 1945". The memorial was paid for by public subscription.
Summary of Importance: A good example of a relatively simple war memorial to the dead of the First and Second World Wars. It also posseses group value with the nearby Grade II listed church. TF5526372028
