Monument record 0719700000 - Memorial Hall, Vicarage Road, Pitstone

Summary

Hall with three dedicatory plaques to commemorate residents of Pitstone who died serving in WW1 (1914 -1918) and WW2 (1939-1945)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • WAR MEMORIAL (Constructed 1974, Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)
  • PLAQUE (Modern - 1901 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Memorial Hall constructed of brick built in 1974 to replace an older one built jointly by public subscription and Albert Wellington, 3rd Earl of Brownlow in memory of the Pitstone men who died serving in WW1. The Hall contains 3 brass plaques. Plaque one dedicates the Hall to those who died in WW1. Plaque two is dedicated to the memory of those who died serving in WW2. The third plaque explains that plaques one and two were removed from the original memorial hall which was built in 1922 and was located opposite the recreation ground in Vicarage Road.
The Millennium extension was added to the hall in 2000. The hall and three brass plaques are in good condition.(B1)
Photographs of the original village hall and the three memorial plaques and further information.(B2)

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24036 Digital archive: Imperial War Museum. 2011. UK National Inventory of War Memorials. 8046.
  • <2>SBC24038 Digital archive: June, Peter & Martin Underwood. 2011. Buckinghamshire Remembers database.

Location

Grid reference SP 93589 15545 (point)
Civil Parish PITSTONE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

May 25 2025 6:41PM

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