Memorials & monuments · West Midlands
War memorial
Also known as: Cofeb ryfel
War memorial is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Nicholas Mutton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Northampton · 1.4 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
War memorial is a public memorial in the West Midlands, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. It sits within the Northampton North parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 1.4 km away. Postcode area NN1.
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From the Wikipedia article
A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.
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Background
History
It has been suggested that the world's earliest known war memorial is the White Monument at Tell Banat, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, which dates from the 3rd millennium BC and appears to have involved the systematic burial of fighters from a state army. The Nizari Ismailis of the Alamut period (the Assassins) had made a secret roll of honor in Alamut Castle containing the names of the assassins and their victims during their uprising. The oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom is Oxford University's All Souls College. It was founded in 1438 with the provision that its fellows should pray for those killed in the long wars with France. War memorials for the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) were…
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- Coordinates
- 52.2405, -0.8870
- District
- West Northamptonshire
- Parish
- Northampton
- Postcode
- NN1 4DN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Northampton North
- Nearest railway station
- Northampton — 1.4 km
- Official site
- northantshc.org
Sources
- osm: n2497105583 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: War memorial (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is War memorial?
- War memorial is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NN1 4DN), in the parish of Northampton.
- Is War memorial free to visit?
- Yes, War memorial is free to enter.
- How do I get to War memorial?
- The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 1.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NN1 4DN.