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Northover (Morlands Tannery)
Town or City: Northover
County: Somerset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2531
Value of grant: £200.00
Type of memorial:
Type of work: Relocation
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 1998
UKNIWM reference number: 000000
The Morlands memorial tablets record the men of the Morlands Tannery who died in the two World Wars. The memorial was built after the Great War and stood just inside the factory gates at Northover.
Morlands was once the biggest tannery in Europe employing 2000 people. But it closed and stood derelict leaving the memorial tablets vulnerable. The local community rescued them and their stone surrounds. It was proposed that the memorial should be re-constructed in a green field area opposite the factory gates which is half way between the villages of Street and Glastonbury. The rebuilding would include a plaque giving a brief history of the stone. War Memorials Trust contributed £200 to the fund raising project.
The inscription and names read:
In memory of
those workers
of this factory
who lost their lives
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Stanley Bailey
Clifford Beaton
Stanley H. Blacker
William H. Carpenter
Martin Kiddle
Wilfred Lucas Maundrell
William Parker
Horace Wingate
1939-1945
James Fourage
Stanley Linham
Stanley Lintell
William Locke
James Stillwell
Glencross Tucker
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2531
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: Unknown
Formerly OWM38
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
