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war memorial, Barrow-in-Furness
Street:-   Park Avenue
civil parish:-   Barrow-in-Furness (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   war memorial
coordinates:-   SD20306979
1Km square:-   SD2069
10Km square:-   SD26
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


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BWM25.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"WAR MEMORIAL IN PUBLIC PARK / / PARK AVENUE / BARROW IN FURNESS / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388555 / SD2030969791"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"War Memorial. 1919. By Major C Oakley. For Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Sculptors Fairburn and Hull; all of Barrow. Portland limestone with iron railings and bronze plaques. Circular platform with railings between 4 flights of steps having piers and balustrades with bronze insets and guilloche ornament. Central obelisk has plinth with convex corners and bronze plaques; tapered square shaft with ornament of acanthus, fluting etc and a bronze wreath on each side. The plaques bear the dedication to, and names of, those lost in the Great War; those at each corner with reliefs of infantryman, sailor, Liberty and an angel. Attached to the railings are 2 plaques with names of those lost in World War II. An imposing local landmark."

evidence:-   old postcard:- 
source data:-   Postcard, sepia coloured photograph, war memorial in the public park, Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, published about 1945.
image  click to enlarge
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printed at bottom:-  "WAR MEMORIAL PUBLIC PARK, BARROW-IN-FURNESS"
postmark:-  "BARROW / 1 - PM / 17 AUG / 1945 / LANCS"
The franking includes a pair of bells and 'V' for Victory in Word War II. 
item:-  JandMN : 972
Image © see bottom of page


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BWM26.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  
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BWM27.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  
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BWM28.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  
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BWM29.jpg (taken 22.5.2012)  

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