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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Town
- Blackfordby
- County
- Leicestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14823
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Current location
St. Margaret's Church
Main Street
Blackfordby
North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire
DE11 8AB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 33043 18127
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Clock with blue face, gold coloured Roman numerals & associated tablet. Wall mounted stone backboard with attached rectangular tablet incorporating concave corners & incised inscription, lettering infilled in black.
- Inscription
- THE CLOCK / IN THIS TOWER / WAS ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS / IN / Loving Memory of / THE MEN / OF THE PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Clock
- 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
- History
- Serviced regularly. Grant provided by parish council for renovation of one clock hand c.2005.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church Clock Committee.
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