Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- District
- West Lindsey
- Town
- Springthorpe
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54387
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Current location
In Vestry
St George and St Lawrences Church
Church Ln
Springthorpe
West Lindsey
Lincolnshire
DN21 5QD
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 875 898
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Carved oak pulpit with accompanying oak board bearing inscription. Oak board has raised edges and carved flowers in the corners.
- Inscription
- THIS PULPIT WAS ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cook, Charles
King, Joseph
Lidgett, Archie E.
Spindley, George
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 770mm, width 645mm
Materials: Wood - Oak - Pulpit
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Previously at the east end of the nave near the north wall. The pulpit was affected by wet rot and destroyed. The oak board is the only remaining part. The suggestion has been made that the board be cleaned, varnished and re-erected with a brass plaque showing it was part of the original war memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Book 14
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