Cockermouth Memorial Gardens

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Reference WMO/170750

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On the North Bank of the River Derwent, across the bridge from Main Street

Cockermouth

CA13 0HR

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Park
Materials:
  • Flora and Fauna Flora and Fauna (any)
  • Flora and Fauna Grass
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Two Slate Tablets on opposite gateposts at the gates to the grounds. Open Parkland along the riverbank, with a number of seats. There are also wrought iron gates (these were installed sometime between 2013 and 19 March 2016). To the east of the bridge are three trees, planted in 2010 to mark the anniversary of VE/VJ Day. The grounds were severely damaged in the catastrophic floods of 2009, and the access bridge from Main Street (Miller’s Bridge) was swept away. The grounds again suffered severe damage (far worse than in 2009) during severe flooding as the result of 'Storm Desmond' in December 2015 The planting of the trees, in 2010 (referenced above) not only marked the anniversary of VE/VJ Day, but also the reopening of Millers Bridge and of the grounds. Originally these were gardens with flowers as the name suggests, now it is just an open space.
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Tablet on Left Hand Gatepost- 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 Tablet on Right Hand Gatepost- WAR MEMORIAL/GARDENS/OFFICIALLY OPENED TO THE/PUBLIC ON THE ELEVENTH/DAY OF AUGUST 1956/BY COUNCILLOR/LT. COL./ARNOLD CHICKEN T.D.

NONE- See Christ Church Roll of Honour and Fire Station Cenotaph (WMO/170076 and 238091 respectively)

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