Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- Harrogate
- Town
- Masham
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 80180
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Current location
East of Silver Street
Masham War Memorial Recreation Ground
Access from Silver Street
Masham
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 22646 80881
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Newspaper reports noticed that mentioned the Masham War Memorial Recreation Ground. This confirmed by The Making of Mashamshire. Adjacent to the car park is a metal plaque. It appears to comprise (at least) tennis courts, basketball court, children's playground, cricket pitch, football pitch and bowling green
- Inscription
- Plaque: This recreation ground was/ created by the third/ Lord Masham as a memorial/ to the local men who died/ during the Great War/ 1914 - 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Park
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plant Material
- Park
- 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
- Masham War Memorial Sports Ground
- WMO ID: 265231
- Condition: Good [last updated on 22-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- A Cricket Archive for Nidderdale & District 1921 9 December Annual General Meeting Masham Cricket Club ".... A new pitch has been laid in the Masham War Memorial recreation ground …" www.nidderdalecricketarchive.co.uk/page20.html
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 09 August 1935 Report of large attendance at the Masham War Memorial Ground when a fete in aid of the General Infirmary at Leeds www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19350809/237/0005
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 30 December 1932 Report of improvement to the approach to the Masham War Memorial Ground www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19321230/367/0013
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