War Memorial

War Memorial is a memorial in Tow Law, County Durham, England. War Memorial is situated nearby to Tow Law Millennium Primary School, as well as near Tow Law Post Office.

Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Memorial
Description: war memorial in Tow Law, County Durham, England, UK
Also known as: “Tow Law War Memorial”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Philip and St James and Church of St Bartholomew.

Church of St Philip and St James

Church

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The Church of St Philip and St James is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler and completed in 1869. Church of St Philip and St James is situated 1,400 feet northeast of War Memorial.

Church of St Bartholomew

Church

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Church of St Bartholomew is situated 1 mile south of War Memorial.

Harperley POW Camp 93

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Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England. Harperley POW Camp 93 is situated 2 miles south of War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tow Law and Inkerman.

Tow Law

Village

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Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook.

Inkerman

Hamlet

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Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England. Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava, another County Durham village.