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
OS Grid Reference
SD 95911 27623
Denomination
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)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 14
- Died
- 14
- Information shown
- Surname, forename
- Maker(s)
MESSRS STEVENSON, Builder
Ceremonies
Unveiled
21st April 1922
Councillor A E Naesmith of Todmorden
Dedicated
21st April 1922
Rev J S Morris; Rev F Bailey
Components
- 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