South Elmsall and Moorthorpe War Memorial

The South Elmsall and Moorthorpe War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1923 by Wilfrid Bond of Grantham, with inscriptions for the Second World War added later. It is designed in the style of a market cross and is located alongside Barnsley Road at the junction with Dearne Street.

Constructed from limestone, the memorial stands on a hexagonal four-stepped sandstone base. The tall hexagonal plinth features crenellation-style carving and Tudor-flower decoration at the top, with black polished-granite plaques on each face. These plaques bear gilded lettering listing the names of those who died in both world wars; four plaques commemorate 172 men lost in the First World War, and two plaques commemorate 73 men lost in the Second World War. The plaque on the front (north-west) face includes an inscription that reads, "TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FROM SOUTH ELMSALL AND MOORTHORPE IN THE WORLD WARS 1914-18 1939-45."

Above the plinth is a slender tapering hexagonal shaft, also featuring crenellation at the top, which is topped by a floriated cross. The front (north-west) face of the shaft has a gableted niche containing a statue of St George, while the alternate faces of the shaft are adorned with small reliefs, some of which may have originally represented regimental badges but are now heavily weather worn.