Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bettisfield war memorial
Maelor South, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Bettisfield, Maelor South, Wrexham, designated on 18 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 18 November 2005
- Locality
- Bettisfield
- Community
- Maelor South
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.91891, -2.80216
- Cadw reference
- 86959
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1861 · 73. Market Drayton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 138 Wem (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard E of the church.
History
Dated 1919, and similar in style to Giles Gilbert Scott's Hanmer war memorial, also of 1919.
Exterior
A war memorial in the style of a medieval churchyard cross, of reconstituted stone on a stepped plinth. The square base has a small date plaque on the S side, and metal memorial plaque on the E with raised letters. The tapering octagonal shaft has broach stops to the base, and is crowned by a sculpted Crucifixion below a gabled canopy.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest and as a fine war memorial contributing to the historical integrity of the parish church.
Nearby in the register
- Lych gate at Church of St John the BaptistNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St John the BaptistReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bettisfield HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bettisfield Bridge (Bridge No 48, Llangollen Canal)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.