Bardon Hill War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details War memorial, unveiled in 1920, dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars. The memorial takes the form of a tall Portland stone wheel-cross, bearing the Sword of Sacrifice on its front (west) elevation. The cross is supported on a square-plan plinth having chamfered corners and inscribed slate plaques on each elevation. The cross and plinth are mounted on a square-plan base of local Bardon granite, each of the four elevations being canted. The front (west) elevation of the plinth is inscribed: ‘TO THE GLORY OF / GOD AND IN / MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS / PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919’, and the base is inscribed: ‘THEIR NAME LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE’. The names of 31 of the fallen of the First World War (1914-18) are inscribed on the north and south elevations of the plinth. The rear elevation of the plinth is inscribed: ‘THIS TABLET / PERPETUATES THE MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / [ FOUR NAMES] / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’. The memorial stands within the churchyard of the Church of St Peter (listed at Grade II), approximately 10 metres south-east of the church, and is enclosed at the rear by a semi-circular hedge. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 November 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.