Whitchurch Free Library and War Memorial
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Whitchurch Free Library and War Memorial
Image: © Colin Cheesman Taken: 19 Sep 2019
Whitchurch Free Library was built in 1904 at a cost of £2,000. With the passing of the Libraries Act in 1895, Whitchurch had had a library housed in a private house and this building was erected to replace it. The library was listed by Cadw as Grade II in 2002 as a characterful public building which has historic interest in the centre of the Community. The War Memorial was erected some time in the 1920's. It is a granite obelisk inscribed with the text "IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WHITCHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 SEMPER FIDELIS 1030-1945". It is surmounted by a bronze figure of an infantryman with reversed arms. Like the library it too is listed as Grade II by Cadw and at the same time.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.516024
Longitude
-3.225358