Memorials - Samlesbury - St.Leonard the Less C. E. Lych Gate
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St. Leonard the Less C.E. Church, Potter Lane, Samlesbury PR5 0UE Ordnance Survey Grid Reference - SD 58990 30366 IWM War Memorials Register - 3390 War Memorials Online - WMO144732 Although at first glance, the two items here may seem to be separate memorials, the two combine as one memorial, the plaque that accompanies the Lych Gate being inside the church. The Lych Gate is a stone and wood construction and provides the entrance to the church and churchyard. The plaque is of bronze.
New guttering was installed in the lych gate in 1977 and the roofing flags were repaired in 1990. The woodwork is given a coat of preservative each year. The designer was J A Seward and the work carried out by builders Messrs Langham and Sons. The total cost was £532. As is noted on the memorial plaque, the fundraising for the memorial was organised by the late vicar of the church Reverend T. Wright Broadhead M.A. The memorial was unveiled by a Mrs. Broadhurst on 20 March 1926 and dedicated the same day by Atherton Gwillym Rawstorne (1855-1936), the Bishop Suffragan of Whalley. 1. Cross beam on Lych Gate
ST. LEONARD THE LESS, SAMLESBURY, LYCH GATE WAR MEMORIAL - 1914-1919 "YE WHO LIVE ON MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN, REMEMBER US AND THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN." 2. Plaque ST. LEONARD THE LESS, SAMLESBURY TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH & PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. & WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW THIS TABLET RECORDING THE ERECTION OF A LYCH GATE IS DEDICATED. THE WHOLE OF THE FUNDS TOGETHER WITH THE PURCHASE OF LAND FOR THE NEW APPROACH TO THE CHURCH WAS RAISED ENTIRELY THROUGH THE ZEAL & ENERGY OF THE LATE REV. T. WRIGHT BROADHEAD M.A. VICAR FROM DEC 1913 TO JAN 1925. HERBERT BARNETT. JOHN J. EAVES. WILLIAM SHILLITOE WILLIAM E. CROSSLEY. THOMAS BROWN. HERBERT MASON. FRED TAYLOR. JOHN TAYLOR. WILLIAM J. DALEY. MILES NEWTON. PETER YATES. JOHN KNIGHT. "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE." |
St. Leonard the Less Church tower
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