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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- York
- Town
- York
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 15 August 1955
Attended by: Dean of York - Unveiled
Date: 15 August 1955
Attended by: Mr William Wallace - Presented
Date: 15 August 1955
Attended by: Mr William Wallace - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Gates: Terry Av; Plaque: in WW1 gateway (IWM-WMA 30914)
Rowntree Park
Terry Av
York
York
North Yorkshire
YO23 1JU
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 60459 50625
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Ornate wrought iron gates set between portland stone columns bearing cherubs and buttressed by oblong projections surmounted by volutes. There are curving sections of railing on each side set on brick dwarf walls coped with stone leading inwards to the main gates which stand between two smaller gates for pedestrians. The ironwork is painted black with guilt enrichments. Associated plaque, bearing inscription, can be found on inside wall of lychgate on opposite side of park.
- Inscription
- Plaque: THE GATES AT THE RIVERSIDE ENTRANCE TO/ THIS PARK WERE GIVEN TO THE CITY OF YORK BY/ ROWNTREE & CO LTD. IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE/ FROM THE COCOA WORKS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939 - 1945) AND IN/ THANKSGIVING FOR THE COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS/ OF THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS./ EXCEPT THE LORD KEEP THE CITY:/ THE WATCHMAN WAKETH BUT IN VAIN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 630 mm, width 1225 mm
Materials: Stone - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wrought Iron
- Plaque
- Listing information
- ROWNTREE PARK MEMORIAL GATES
- Grade II*
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Rowntree Park WW1
- WMO ID: 195454
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 05-03-2018]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: Rowntree & Co. Ltd. - Responsibility
- York City Council
- Reference
- C.W.M. (Cocoa Works Magazine) Autumn 1955. pp.4-5 Published: Rowntree.
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England: "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of York, Vol. III: South West of the Ouse." (1972), P. 58 & Plate 54.
- Other website www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/20th-century/rowntree-park
- For Your Tomorrow: British Second World War Memorials by Boorman, Derek, p.38 Source: Image Library NIWM Published: Sessions 1995, York.
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