Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Craven
- Town
- Settle
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MESSRS WALL & CO. (Builder)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 47356
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Current location
St Mary & St Michael's Church
Tilman Close
off Kirkgate
Settle
Craven
North Yorkshire
BD24 9DZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 81675 63960
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Previous locations
- St Mary & St Michael's Church
Albert Hill
Settle
Craven
North Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 824 633
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- St Mary & St Michael's Church
- Description
- TWO CARVED STONE FIGURES PLACED EITHER SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHURCH. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON TWO STONES SET INTO THE WALL OF THE CHURCH BEHIND THE FIGURES. FIGURE ON THE LEFT IS OF ST MICHAEL, THE PATRON OF THE ARMY AND FLYING CORPS. THE FIGURE ON THE RIGHT IS OF THE VIRGIN MARY, AS PATRONESS OF ENGLAND.
- Inscription
- STONE ONE: REMEMBER THE VICTIMS/ OF THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ R.I.P. STONE TWO: IT IS THEREFORE A HOLY/ AND WHOLESOME THOUGHT/ TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD/ II. MACCABLES. XI. 46I
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: depth inset, height 150mm, width 200mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Figures
Measurements: depth 500mm, height 1950mm, width 650mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Tablets
- 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
- 2002: THE INSCRIPTION ON THE STONES IS BADLY WEATHERED January 2017-The left hand stone is on the verge of becoming illegible, the right hand stone is now unreadable
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CRAVEN HERALD 07 JAN 1919 P3 COL4
- Leaflet 'Ponder as you wander', produced by Churches together in Settle and District.
- www.cpgw.org.uk/local-war-memorials/settle-yorkshire/
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