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| war memorial, Blennerhasset | ||
| locality:- | Blennerhasset | |
| civil parish:- | Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | war memorial | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| locality type:- | cross | |
| coordinates:- | NY17824151 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1741 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY14 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 CGI06.jpg (taken 4.8.2017)  CGI07.jpg (taken 4.8.2017) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 10) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Cross" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "WAR MEMORIAL ON VILLAGE GREEN / / / BLENNERHASSET AND TORPENHOW / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72314 / NY1782941516" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Market cross now war memorial. Rebuilt plinth with 1920-21 cross by Beattie of Carlisle. Red sandstone plinth with carved pink granite cross. Stepped plinth of the original market cross now surmounted by inscribed granite base under tall cross. Inscription lists men of Baggrow and Blennerhasset who fell in the Great War and side inscription for World War II. Original cross socket lies nearby." |
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 CGI08.jpg Socket of the market cross. (taken 4.8.2017) |
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