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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Sandbach
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13083
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Current location
THE COMMONS AND CONGLETON SCOTCH COMMONS (MARKET SQUARE)
The Commons
Sandbach
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 758 608
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BADGE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ROTARY ASSOCIATION
- Inscription
- THE SCOTCH COMMON/ THIS COMMON LAND WAS FORMERLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE LORD OF THE MANOR AND BELONGS TO THE/ INHABITANTS OF SANDBACH IN PERPETUITY. ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1651 A TROOP OF SCOTS, DEFEATED IN THE/ BATTLE OF WORCESTER, ARRIVED HERE AND WERE SET UPON BY THE TOWNSFOLK/ AS THEY TRIED TO PASS THROUGH/. MANY WERE CAPTURED/ AND SEVERAL KILLED. THE NAME SURVIVES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE EVENT./ ERECTED JOINTLY BY SANDBACH'S HISTORY SOCIETY, ROTARY CLUB AND TOWN COUNCIL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 450MM, width 1000MM
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
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