Memorial

St Luke's Church - WW1 - Cross

St.Luke's Manningham WW1 cross

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Current Location

Outside the church on the corner of Victor Road and Leamington Street, Former St Luke's Church, 5111, Victor Road, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 4QS, England

OS Grid Reference

SE 14810 34933

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 28552
Description: Stone cross set on a two-stepped octagonal plinth. The plinth is set on a three-stepped stone base. On the shaft of the cross is a metal sword in relief.
Inscription: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. / THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED WITHIN THIS CHURCH. Note: the names are inscribed on wooden panels which were moved to St Paul's Church Manningham in 1983, when St Luke's closed as a Church of England church. These are recorded on the database as record 28488 "St Luke's Church - WW1 - Panels". The former St Luke's was taken over by the Church of God of Prophecy, but at the time of writing in 2020, that congregation had closed and the building was for sale as commercial premises.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): T.H. and F.Healey, Bradford
Costs: £460: this cost relates to this memorial and the wooden panels listing the names (record 28488)

Ceremonies

Unveiled

26 February 1921

Colonel R Clough, 6th West Yorkshire Regiment

Dedicated

26 February 1921

Dr Perowne, Bishop of Bradford

Conservation

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1470532

Listed Aug 2020

Further Information

Bradford Daily Telegraph, Saturday 26th February 1921