Jump to content

File:Midsomer Norton War Memorial.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,436 × 1,933 pixels, file size: 5.83 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: The memorial is a scaled-down replica of the Cenotaph, London (1920) with consent being given by its designer Edwin Lutyens (1896-1944) to use the copyright of the design, albeit in different materials. It consists of a three stepped Blue Keynton stone base with St Aldhelm stone cenotaph. The memorial has a bronze wreath and plaques on its faces. The wreath is located on one of the side faces and below this is inscribed THE/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD with a small bronze plaque below.

Midsomer Norton War Memorial of 1920 is listed at Grade II for the following reasons:

as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20 its design, being a scaled-down replica of Edwin Lutyens’ Cenotaph in London.

The Memorial is situated on a bridge over the river Somer and is owned and maintained by Midsomer Norton Town Council.
Date
Source Own work
Author Gordon Mackay
Camera location51° 17′ 10.3″ N, 2° 28′ 52.12″ W  Heading=258.21° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Captions

The Midsomer Norton War Memorial was restored in 2022

15 March 2022

51°17'10.298"N, 2°28'52.118"W

heading: 258.21 degree

0.00052631578947368421 second

5.1 millimetre

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:56, 11 April 2022Thumbnail for version as of 08:56, 11 April 20223,436 × 1,933 (5.83 MB)GcmackayUploaded own work with UploadWizard

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata