Memorial

City Cross

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Current Location

BANGOR CATHEDRAL, Bangor, Arfon, Gwynedd, Wales

SH 575 725

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 51520
Description: PROCESSIONAL CROSS. HEAD OF CROSS MADE OF METAL AND STAINED GLASS. CROSS MOUNTED ON WOODEN POLE.
Inscription: INSCRIPTION ON SEPERATE SIGN: CROES DINAS + BANGOR + CITY CROSS/ THE CROSS WAS MADE BY HERR FRANZ/ BONNEKAMP, AN ARTIST IN STAINED/ GLASS, WHO WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN /THIS COUNTRY./ HE CREATED IT IN GRATITUDE FOR THE/ KINDNESS AND CARE RECIEVED AT THE/ OLD C&A HOSPITAL, BANGOR, WHEN HE/ WAS SERIOUSLY ILL IN 1946./ THE CROSS WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY/ OF BANGOR ON BEHALF OF THE TWIN/ CITY OF SOEST, GERMANY, AND WAS/ DEDICATED BY THE DEAN AT A SPECIAL/ SERVICE/ SERVICE ON 30 JUNE 1980./ THE CROSS WAS CONVERTED TO A/ PROCESSIONAL CROSS BY THE STAFF OF/ GWYNEDD TECHNICAL COLLEGE, BANGOR,/ AND WAS FIRST USED AT THE/ ENTHRONEMENT OF BISHOP CLEDAN/ MEARS ON JANUARY 8 1983

Cross

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good