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| Memorial Gardens, Cockermouth | ||
| Memorial Gardens | ||
| War Memorial Gardens | ||
| Street:- | Wakefield Road | |
| locality:- | Cockermouth | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | recreation ground | |
| locality type:- | war memorial | |
| coordinates:- | NY11743081 (etc) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1130 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| MN photo:- |
In 2013 the gardens were being used by the flood relief improvements in the River
Derwent, after the floods of Novermber 2009. |
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 BYO87.jpg Gate, (taken 21.6.2013)  BYO90.jpg Gate. (taken 21.6.2013)  BYO88.jpg Plaque:- "WAR MEMORIAL / GARDENS / THESE GROUNDS WERE ACQUIRED / IN 1946 BY THE COCKERMOUTH / WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE / AND HANDED OVER TO THE / URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL / FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT / AND MAINTENANCE" (taken 21.6.2013)  BYO89.jpg Plaque:- "WAR MEMORIAL / GARDENS / OFFICIALLY OPENED TO THE / PUBLIC ON THE ELEVENTH / DAY OF AUGUST 1956 / BY COUNCILLOR / LT. COL. ARNOLD CHICKEN, T.D." (taken 21.6.2013) |
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