Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross

The Willington, Oakenshaw, and Page Bank War Memorial Cross is a 7-meter tall memorial made of Creetown granite, located to the south of Low Willington. It features a tall cross with a design inspired by St Cuthbert’s cross, embellished with carved ornamentation on the cross arms and center. The front face of the cross shaft is divided into three blind panels, and the shaft rises from a broad plinth that sits on a stepped base.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN/ OF/ WILLINGTON, OAKENSHAW AND PAGE BANK/ WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ AND THE WORLD WAR. 1939 - 1945./ “THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.” The names of those commemorated are listed on the other faces of the plinth, arranged by locality.