Langham and Barleythorpe War Memorial

First World War memorial ,erected in 1922 to the design of the architect Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel by the mason G W Dracott of Oakham.A further inscription was added after the Second World War.MATERIALS: carved from Clipsham stone and surrounded by a York stone pavement.DESCRIPTION:the memorial is situated in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul’s Church,Langham,adjacent to the pathway leading to the south of the church.It comprises a form of Glory Cross(or Rayed Cross)resting on a foliage capital surmounting a tall tapered shaft on a square plinth and stepped hexagonal base.The cross is carved as to depict rays of light emanating from it.The front of the plinth bears the following inscription carved in raised lettering:TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF LANGHAM AND/OF BARLEYTHORPE WHO/GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/WAR MCMXIV–MCMXIX/(NAMES).There are twenty-six names on the three other sides of the plinth.The top tier of the base is carved with an inscription commemorating the fallen of the Second World War in incised lettering:MCMXXXIX-MCMXLV /LEST WE FORGET/(NAMES).There are ten names on the base.The memorial is situated at the centre of a hexagonal York stone pavement.