Hambleton War Memorial

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.