War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle
War Memorial Tabernacle

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Celtic Cross on a large square block standing on a raised stone plinth. Four stone pillars support a stone tiled pitched roof which covers the monument. A cobbled path originally encircled the monument, this is now cemented over. The approach is by five stone steps from the roadside.
Title

War Memorial Tabernacle

Date

1921

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 7000 x W 2000 x D 2000 cm

Accession number

NE19_MA_S008

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Rochester with Byrness Parish Council

Custodian

Rochester with Byrness Parish Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

3rd December 1921

Listing date

07/01/88

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS COUNTRY- / SIDE WHO FELL IN THE CAUSE / OF RIGHT AND FREEDOM / 1914 - 1918 / (names); side 1: ALSO IN GRATITUDE FOR / SERVICE RENDERED IN / THE SAME CAUSE BY / (names); side 2 and back: (names of those who served)

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Located at

A68, Rochester

NE19 1RH

At the road junction, at the eastern end of the village.