Memorial

Hot Lane And Elder Road Street Shrine

Source: Copyright Andrew Minton

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Current Location

5, Hot Lane, Cobridge, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2BN, England

SJ 87518 49381

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Type of Memorial: Street shrine
WMR Reference Number: 13564
Description: Stone street shrine with plain inscription tablet, set within a frame formed by two columns supporting a triangular pediment. Incription incised.
Inscription: IN MEMORY AND HONOUR/ OF THE MEN FROM HOT LANE & ELDER RD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)/ WHOSE SELF SACRIFICE HAS LEFT BEHIND IT/ UNFADING MEMORIES/ SUBSCRIBED FOR BY NEIGHBOURS & FRIENDS/ THIS TABLET WAS UNVEILED BY/ DR GOOD.

Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2000: Surrounding stonework spalled and in need of attention. 2003: Building, formerly a public house but by then a Scout HQ, was sold by the Scouts and converted into two flats.

Shrine

Height: 1370MM

Width: 880MM

Depth: 160MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor

Stoke on Trent architecture website, "Old pubs of the Potteries" section: http://www.thepotteries.org/old_pubs/001.htm