Image ID: 13978

Market Square, Retford, c 1910

Market Place
Retford
England

The large Town Hall and Half Moon Public House, standing in the Market Place. Retford town hall stands on the south side of the Market Place, next to the Half Moon Pub. It is built in the 'Francois I' style (early French Renaissance named after Francis I, 1515-47, marked especially by an all-over use of small-scale classical ornament), and was executed by Bellamy and Hardy of Lincoln in 1866-8. The war memorial was erected in 1921 to commemorate the 302 men from Retford who lost their lives in the Great War. It was unveiled by former M P Sir Frederick Milner. 110 more names were added after the Second World War. Image NCCN002583 shows a similar view from c 1910.

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