Earsdon, Front Street, war memorial

HER Number:
7258

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Earsdon, Front Street, war memorial

Place:
Earsdon

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
War memorial. Circa 1919. Granite, bronze lettering, iron railings. Granite statue of marine on tall square-faced granite plinth and pedestal with inset panels of names of the dead in Great War 1914 to 1918. Surrounding iron rail on cast iron spiral posts. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
432270

Northing:
572470

Grid Reference:
NZ432270572470

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 4/35; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) E3.01; Shields Daily News 4th June 1924; Morpeth Herald 11th November 1924 and 26th December 1924