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| war memorial, Carlisle | ||
| locality:- | Rickerby Park | |
| civil parish:- | Carlisle (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | war memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY40915684 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4056 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 CED43.jpg (taken 23.10.2015) |
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| evidence:- | old painting:- placename:- Carlisle Cenotaph |
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| source data:- | Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Cenotaph, Cumberland, by Henry Herbert Bulman, London,
1924. click to enlargePR0902.jpg Summertime; beyond the foreground shaded by trees beneath which sheep are sheltering from the bright sunshine, the cenotaph stands to right of composition. Beyond it lies further wooded parkland. dated &signed at bottom right:- "Henry H Bulman 1925" item:- Tullie House Museum : 1931.15.1 Image © Tullie House Museum |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Cumberland and Westmorland War Memorial |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "CENOTAPH AND ASSOCIATED RAILINGS / / / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386844 / NY4090956844" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Cenotaph. 1922 by Sir Robert Lorimer. Large blocks of Shap granite ashlar. Broad platform with steps and surrounded by quarry-faced solid parapet; central tapering rectangular shaft on chamfered base with sub-cornice and carved-leaf freize. Inscribed at front to the men and women of the local regiments who died in the Great War, under carved regimental badges with city and county arms, also carried round behind. Further bronze plaque to World War II; rear inscription 1914-1918. This is not included in the standard work of Lorimer, but his original drawing was reproduced in the Carlisle Journal (1920); it was unveiled by the Earl of Lonsdale on 25 May 1922 as the joint Cumberland and Westmorland War Memorial and Rickerby Park was laid out as part of the memorial sponsored by the Carlisle Citizens League. Speared cast-iron area railings are included in the listing. (Carlisle Journal: 29 June 1920: P.5)." |
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 CED44.jpg (taken 23.10.2015)  CED45.jpg (taken 23.10.2015) |
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| Note that Rickerby Park, the Memorial Bridge and this cenotaph all compromise the
war memorial. |
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| notes:- |
Dedicated 25 May 1922, unveiled by the Earl of Lonsdale. |
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