Nuneaton Colliery Employees' War Memorial, Whittleford Road
Introduction
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Nuneaton Colliery Employees' War Memorial, Whittleford Road
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 8 Nov 2012
The casual passer-by in Whittleford Road might wonder why a modern bungalow has what looks like a war memorial in its front garden Image Stepping back, the perforated ridge tiles suggest that the building is older. A look at old maps shows it there in the 1914-22 edition, just inside the entrance to the Nuneaton Colliery, which was first mapped there in 1903, when the road was called Bucks Hill. The mine has long been closed. The website of the Nuneaton Local History Group http://www.nuneatonlocalhistorygroup.org.uk notes that the memorial was unveiled on 8th January 1922 by Brigadier General Sir John Barnsley VD DL TD [?] a director of Stanley Bros Ltd who owned the mine. The recess in the rough grey granite has clearly held an inscribed plaque or plate that is not there now. Update, December 2017: the plaque has been restored, as seen in Image The view is southeast down Whittleford Road towards Nuneaton's southwestern suburbs.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.526137
Longitude
-1.514288