Farlam War Memorial - Farlam, Cumbria, UK
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N 54° 55.916 W 002° 40.493
30U E 520832 N 6087265
This is a square based stone memorial in good condition with a Latin cross on top, commemorating those who gave their lives in three wars, the first world war, the second world war and the Korean war.
Waymark Code: WM77VD
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
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The mason for the memorial was Messrs Beattie & Co.
For those interested in finding out more about war memborials in the United Kingdom may I suggest visiting the UK National Inventory of War Memorials at:-
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What amazed me when I visited this church was the huge number of graves there considering the village is so small. The graveyard near the church is well maintained but the area of graves to the east has been left to run wild. Maybe the condition of the headstones makes it dangerous to perform ground maintenance in this area.
St Thomas a Becket's Church, Farlam, designed by Anthony Salvin, 1860. It has a nave with double bellcote, North aisle and chancel.
The three light East window depicts the Resurrection, Crucifixion, and Ascension, by RB Edmundson. Several other windows by Clayton and Bell, including one of Queen Victoria, kneeling, attended by an angel, as a memorial to Queen Victoria (1897).