Hambleton War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1920. DESCRIPTION: Hambleton War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the east of the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew; it is also in close proximity to the Grade II-listed buildings the Old Priests House and Post Office Cottages. It is of Clipsham stone and takes the form of a pointed Latin cross, which crowns a tall, tapering four-sided shaft with a moulded square collar. The shaft rises from a four-sided, plinth with chamfered top and rounded corner edges. This surmounts a two-stepped, square base on a narrow stone foundation. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted black. The west face of the plinth reads, THE GLORIOUS DEAD/ 1914-1918/ R.I.P. A further inscription is to the north face, which reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM HAMBLETON WHO FIGHTING/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN/ THE WAR FOR THE WORLDS/ FREEDOM, PASSED THROUGH THE/ VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH/ AND REACHED THE LIFE BEYOND/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the eight men who died in the First World War are recorded on the east face.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.