Chirton, Chirton Green, Memorial to Ralph Gardiner

HER Number:
7283

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Chirton, Chirton Green, Memorial to Ralph Gardiner

Place:
Chirton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Commemorative Monument

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Obelisk dated 1882. Sandstone ashlar and coursed squared rubble. Inscriptions on plinth - north side: RALPH GARDINER, CHIRTON COTTAGE, AUTHOR OF "ENGLAND'S GRIEVANCE DISCOVERED", 1655, ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION 1882. On west: "A FAITHFUL SON OF FATHER TYNE" D.B. LIETCH. On south: "I APPEAL TO GOD AND THE WORLD" GARDINER. On east: "WHO SUFFERED COUNTLESS ILLS WHO BATTLED FOR THE TRUE AND JUST" TENNISON. Architect was C.T. Cromoszweski (Borough Engineer?). Ralph Gardiner's cottage stood opposite. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
3466

Northing:
6823

Grid Reference:
NZ34666823

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 7/50; W.W. Tomlinson, Guide to County of Northumberland; Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 155; North Tyneside Council and Nexus, North Shields Heritage Trail, board 17 'A town where no town ought to be'