Church of St. Bartholomew, war memorial

HER Number

9470

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Church of St. Bartholomew, war memorial

Place

Longbenton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

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

White granite cross, 15 feet high, on a circular base. Unveiled 23rd February 1919. "LEST WE FORGET" on bottom plinth. "1914-1918 TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR AND WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED ON A TABLET IN THE CHURCH…". Commemorative tablets to those who died from wounds are arranged in an arc in the flower beds. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

427620

Northing

569090

Grid Reference

NZ427620569090

Sources

North Tyneside Council, Draft Local List Nominations, 2006; North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk, L25.01; North Tyneside Council, November 2008, Register of Buildings and Parks of Special Local Architectural and Historic Interest SDP (Local Development Document 9); English Heritage Advice Report, 20 August 2012, List Entry Number 1410079