Felling, High St/Victoria Square, South African war memorial

HER Number:
11255

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, High St/Victoria Square, South African war memorial

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Unveiled 4th June 1905 by Col. Woodland. A square fountain, 18 feet high of classical design with a domed top. There was a drinking cup and basin on one side and a horse trough and dog trough on the other. Gas lamps to the west side. It was erected as a memorial for the dead in the South African War 1899-1902. The sculptor was Mr H. Miller, district surveyor. It is shown on the Ordnance Survey as a pump and trough. The fountain vanished around 1950 when Victoria Square was developed.

Easting:
2758

Northing:
6173

Grid Reference:
NZ27586173

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) F32.04; Gateshead Post 18th December 1980 and 25th October 1984; Gateshead Library Local Studies - Oxberry Misc Scraps p 78 (L 908.9) and Local Papers October 1903