Hemington War Memorial

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1921, with a further name added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: Hopton Wood stone.

PLAN: the memorial is situated on the village green on Church Lane at the junction with Hemington Hill and Main Street.

EXTERIOR: it is in the form of a plain cross on a three-stepped plinth set on a base. On the shaft of the cross is an inscription in relief: IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO PAID THE PRICE/ 1914/1918. On the top two steps are the names of those who fell in the First World War and on the bottom step is the name of the soldier who fell in the Second World War. The memorial rests on a mound of roughly hewn rock, described in the Long Eaton Advertiser as a ‘grotto’. It is surrounded by a fence constructed of oak corner posts and iron palisades with a gate on one side.