War Memorial in St Cuthbert's Churchyard

First World War memorial, 1921.

MATERIALS: Clipsham stone; oak cross

DESCRIPTION: The war memorial is situated to the south of the Grade I-listed Church of St Cuthbert, immediately adjacent to the entrance porch.

It takes the form of a tall, oak Latin cross rising from a four-sided, tapering Clipsham stone plinth surmounting a single-stepped, square, stone base. Both faces of the cross have the inscription IN HOC SIGNO VINCES (In this sign you will conquer) written across the horizontal arm; carved above the inscription to the vertical arm is the Chi Rho symbol. The plinth carries the inscriptions in incised lettering.

The south-west face of the plinth reads IN THANKFULNESS/ TO ALMIGHTY GOD. To the south-east face are the words 865 PARISHIONERS/ SERVED IN THE WAR/ 1914-1918. The north-east face reads TO THE LOVE OF GOD/ THE FALLEN/ ARE COMMENDED. The north-west face reads THE WOMEN/ AND CHILDREN/ DID THEIR PART.

A further inscription reads anti clockwise around the top part of the plinth starting from south-west face CONSTANTINE THE GREAT/ PROCLAIMED EMPEROR/ IN THIS PARISH/ AD 306.