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

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