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• Lowton St Luke's

  Lowton St Luke’s war memorial is located at the junction of Slag Lane and Church Lane in Lowton, Cheshire. It is a tall sandstone pillar with a small cross at the top. This stands on a square plinth a top a two-stepped base. The inscriptions in raised lettering on bronze plaques commemorate those who died World War I and II. It is Grade II listed by virtue of being within the curtilage of the ...

• Stockton Heath

  Stockton Heath war memorial is a tall grey gritstone Latin cross on a square plinth. This sits on a stepped red sandstone base. It is located within a walled, York stone paved area at the northeast corner of St Thomas’ Church, Ellesmere Road. The memorial is in Stockton Heath conservation area. In 2018, a grant of £3,200 was awarded through the Grants for War Memorials scheme supported by the First ...

• Brunner Mond and Co Works

  The Brunner Mond and Co Works war memorial is a Grade II Listed tapering Portland stone obelisk with bronze wreath and pendant garland detail. It is located within a small garden area in Middlewich, Cheshire which was originally enclosed by railings and a gate which have at some time been removed. The memorial is grade II listed. In 2019, a grant of £790 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme. ...

• St Michael's Lychgate

  St Michaels war memorial lychgate comprises a sandstone base with a vast timber-framed upper body and pitched roof with notable large local flag-stone tiles. The tie-beam of the roof is inscribed "To the glory of God and in honoured memory of those of this parish who gave their lives for their country and whose names are recorded on the tablet in the church". The rear has inscribed on the tie beam "Ye ...

• Tattenhall

  The war memorial in the village of Tattenhall in south west Cheshire is a sandstone Celtic cross on a plinth and a three-stepped base. There is decoration on the arms of the cross and the shaft is mainly recessed, with a border around the edge and an upward-pointing sword left as relief features. Below the sword is an inscription. The cruciform plinth has bronze plaques set into the front and the side. The stone ...

• Widnes

  The war memorial in Victoria Park in the town of Widnes, Cheshire, is a tall Portland stone pillar with a sculpture of a flame at the top. The pillar stands on a square plinth and a large square base with corner columns faced with cast iron laurel wreaths. At the top of the pillar a sword and a laurel wreath are carved in relief on each face, and at the bottom of each is a swag. There are dedications on three faces of the plinth, ...

• Helsby

  The war memorial in the Cheshire village of Helsby is a sandstone Celtic cross with decoration to the head and the shaft, on a plinth and a three-stepped base. There are inscriptions on the front face of the plinth. The memorial is situated in the churchyard of Helsby parish church, St Paul’s on Chester Road. In 2005/6 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave a grant of £1,350 towards work to ...

• Great Budworth

  Great Budworth war memorial is a lychgate is the entrance to the churchyard of St. Mary and All Saints. It is an oak framed structure on a red sandstone wall under a slate roof. There is a crucifix on the frame over the gate, and the barge boards are elaborately carved. All from the village who served in World War I are commemorated on the bronze plaques inside the lychgate. Of those who served 28 were casualties and 209 ...

• Crowton

  The war memorial in the mid Cheshire village of Crowton stands on a small lawn set back from Ainsworth Lane. The memorial is a Celtic cross on a four-stepped plinth with a base. The cross and the wheel have inscribed decoration, and there is a small area of similar decoration beneath the dedication on the shaft. A rail surrounds the memorial, supported on pillars at the four edges of the base. In April 2005 War ...

• Malpas

  Malpas war memorial is located in the churchyard of St Oswald's on Church Street in Malpas conservation area. Constructed of red Hollington stone it is a medieval design in keeping with the church. A three-stepped octagonal base leads up to a base upon which are plaques carrying inscriptions and names. Above is an octagonal column supporting a canopy with four sculptured panels showing Victory, St George, a sailor ...