Market Drayton

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Reference WMO/109955

Address:

Cheshire Street

Junction with Queen Street

Market Drayton

TF9 1PN

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Other Concrete
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Cross and battered plinth stand on a square platform of three steps. The memorial stands at the Y-junction between Queen Street and Cheshire Street at the centre of a landscaped area of lawn and shrubs. The memorial faces north-west and to the south-east is a wall which is bowed at either side to partially enclose the cross. The cross has a carved wreath to the centre of both the front and rear with ribbons. The arms are linked by a circular aureole. The shaft is battered and both cross and shaft are polished to the front and back and rough-hewn to the sides and this contrast of textures also appears on the plinth and platform. c Historic England listing entry in front of the cross is a small granite flower holder with the words "from British Legion Women's Section Nov 1939 We will remember" in 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of WW1, the memorial was renovated and on the wall below it, are a poem by a local schoolboy and "Dulce et decorum est" Wilfred Owen on 2 plaques. there is a small well-kept garden with seating. the WW1 names are on 3 sides of the cross and WW11 on the wall at the back of the garden with regimental flags
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north-west face "TO/THE GLORY OF GOD/AND/IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF MARKET DRAYTON/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1919/AND/1939-1945".

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Grade II (England)

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