War Memorial - Rock Park, Barnstaple

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War Memorial - Rock Park, Barnstaple
War Memorial - Rock Park, Barnstaple

After having fish & chips at a chip shop, we had an evening walk to the Rock Park in Barnstaple before walking back to The Imperial Hotel in the early evening sunshine.

The park is next to the River Taw.


Rock Park is an urban park in Barnstaple, Devon, England. The park was donated to the public by William Frederick Rock and opened in 1879. It has a number of listed structures including an obelisk at the entrance to the park, a lodge and a range of historic lamp posts.


War Memorial

Grade II Listed

War Memorial Including Posts and Chains

Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5632 ROCK PARK
684-1/5/220 (North side)
31/08/88 War Memorial, including posts and
chains

GV II

Memorial to the fallen of 1914-18 war. 1922. Granite. A square
pedestal with moulded cap and base, standing on 3 steps. Above
it is a tall cross with moulded base, the head and arms with
moulded caps. Against the N side of the base of the cross lies
a bronze wreath. On each of the N and S faces of the pedestal
an inset bronze plaque with names of the men from Barnstaple
who fell in the Great War 1914-18. Inset on the other 2 sides
are similar plaques to those men of the borough who gave their
lives 1939-45. Enclosing the memorial are 12 short, tapered
granite posts with low pyramidal tops, these carrying heavy
spiked chains. 2 chains are missing on the N side.
(Lamplugh L: Barnstaple, Town on the Taw: Chichester: 1983-:
144).

Listing NGR: SS5613832665


This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 December 2016.

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