Memorials & monuments · North East England

1914-18 War Memorial In St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton

In or near Benton.

Free admission

1914-18 War Memorial In St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom.

Gravestone, St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Station Road, Benton - geograph.org.uk - 6779092 — Geoff Holland — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min
Nearest railway station: Benton · 0.2 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit the 1914-18 War Memorial in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton, the nearest railway station is Benton, which is 0.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is NE12 8EY. Entry to the memorial is free.

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1914-18 War Memorial In St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton is a Grade II listed building-listed memorial in scotland-lowlands, United Kingdom, registered on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry 1410079). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Details The memorial is situated within the churchyard of St Bartholomew and takes the form of a tall and slender tapering octagonal white granite cross shaft surmounted by a bronze foliated circular cross head; the centre of the crosshead has the entwined initials I H S (the first three letters of the Greek spelling of Jesus). The cross is set upon a pair of tapering octagonal pedestals, all of which rest upon a circular base. The inscription on the front face of the lower plinth reads: LEST WE FORGET and ERECTED BY/ PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION The inscription on faces two, three and four of the upper plinth reads: 1914-1918/ TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN/ THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ AND WHOSE /NAMES ARE RECORDED/ ON A/ TABLET IN THE CHURCH. The names of ten men who fell on active service but are not recorded on the church tablet are inscribed on face six of the upper plinth and the names of eight men who died of their wounds are inscribed on face one. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 8 February 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.

Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

Place summary

The 1914-18 War Memorial is located in St Bartholomew's Churchyard, Longbenton, in North Tyneside, an unparished area of the Scottish Lowlands. This memorial is designated as a Grade II listed building, recognising its historical significance.

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Coordinates: 55.0156, -1.5695
District: North Tyneside
Parish: North Tyneside, unparished area
Postcode: NE12 8EY
Parliamentary constituency: Newcastle upon Tyne North
Nearest railway station: Benton — 0.2 km

Sources

wikidata: Q26676136 (CC0)

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