Heworth, The Drive, war memorial and garden of remembrance

HER Number:
7628

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Heworth, The Drive, war memorial and garden of remembrance

Place:
Heworth

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Stone wall with granite plaque and marble plaque. The marble plaque reads: "THIS GARDEN IS PRESENTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FELLING CENTRE OF THE WOMENS VOLUNTARY SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF FELLING IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS AREA WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945". The granite plaque reads: "THIS GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE DEDICATED TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM WAS SUBSCRIBED BY THE FELLING WELCOME HOME AND MEMORIAL FUND ON JUNE 2ND 1953". LOCAL LIST

Easting:
2860

Northing:
6176

Grid Reference:
NZ28606176

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Gateshead Council Local List X20/LL/264; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) H92.05