Memorial

Blackshaw Head Wesleyan Church - WW1

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Current Location

Methodist Church, Old Shaw Lane, Blackshaw Head, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HX7 7JY, England

SD 95911 27623

Methodist

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 2852
Description: Concrete base surmounted by square granite block and obelisk. Inscription carved on the sides of the base.
Inscription: IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CHURCH AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 (Names)

Unveiled

21st April 1922

Councillor A E Naesmith of Todmorden

Dedicated

21st April 1922

Rev J S Morris; Rev F Bailey

Obelisk

Height: 1600mm

Width: 610mm

Depth: 610mm

Made from: Granite - Polished

Condition: Good

Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 614.
Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion, http://www.calderdalecompanion.co.uk/x187.html, accessed 2/1/23