High Spen, St. Patrick's Churchyard, War Memorial

HER Number:
10948

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, St. Patrick's Churchyard, War Memorial

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Unveiled July 1920. Granite cross on a high square pedestal on two steps. 15 feet high. A sword is carved in relief on the top of the cross. The upper panel is for WW1, the lower panel for WW2. "BY THE LONG ROAD THEY TROD WITH SO MUCH FAITH AND WITH SUCH SELF-SACRIFICING BRAVERY WE HAVE ARRIVED AT VICTORY AND TODAY THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE 1939-1945 COMMISSIONED BY MINERS OF SPEN AND VICTORIA COLLIERIES AND BRITISH LEGION, HIGH SPEN BRANCH". Sculptor was R.B. Aves of Newcastle. GRADE II LISTED

Easting:
14516

Northing:
58660

Grid Reference:
NZ1451658660

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 64; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H106.02; Hexham Courant 27th July 1920; Sunderland Echo 19th July 1920; Historic England, 2016, Advice Report