Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llangefni County School War Memorial
Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 31 July 2020.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 31 July 2020
- Welsh name
- Cofeb Rhyfel Ysgol Sir Llangefni
- Locality
- Llangefni
- Town
- Llangefni
- Community
- Llangefni
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.25686, -4.31718
- Cadw reference
- 87801
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back on the S side of Cildwrn Road in the grounds of the former Llangefni County School.
History
War memorial commemorating pupils of the former County School killed in the First World War, erected in 1921. It was designed by W.F. Brindle and H.H. Williams, and built by John Griffiths of Llangefni.
Exterior
The stone (or reconstituted stone) statue of a soldier, with rifle pointing downwards, stands on a tall tapering freestone base. Slate tablets are fixed to the N side of the base, below a sculpted wreath. The larger tablet is inscribed with a roll call for 1914-18, below which is a smaller tablet commemorating those killed in 1939-45. The stepped freestone plinth is inscribed with names of various theatres of battle in the First World War.
Reason for designation
Listed for its social-historical interest, and as a well-preserved and well-executed war memorial in a prominent location.
Nearby in the register
- Former National School and SchoolhouseEducationunder 1 mi
- Church of St. CyngarReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Gates and arch to Church of St. CyngarReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel Ebeneser and chapel house (formerly Capel Cildwrn)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.