War memorial at the Church of St Mary

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial. Erected 1920. MATERIALS: carved from limestone. DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands within the churchyard to the north-west of St Mary’s Church. It comprises a Latin stone cross rising from a tapering chamfered shaft c.3m high. At the centre of the cross are the letters: HIS; denoting the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus. The base of the shaft is supported by four small gabled buttresses on each side and stands on a moulded octagonal plinth 1.1m high, and octagonal base 0.4m high. There are laurel wreaths set in recessed panels on four sides of the plinth and inscriptions to three sides. On the east side is inscription: THIS CROSS IS/ DEDICATED/ TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN FROM THIS/ PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. The base beneath it is inscribed: AND IN THE WAR OF/ 1939-1945/. The inscriptions on the north and east sides are no longer legible. However, the former is recorded as: GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. The latter is recorded as: I SENT YOU OUT WITH MOURNING AND WEEPING BUT GOD WILL GIVE YOU TO ME AGAIN WITH JOY AND GLADNESS FOR EVER. There are four sets of inset double steps in the base, which is formed of three courses of ashlar, the top course of which forms a moulded cornice. This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 February 2017.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.