Wigginton War Memorial

First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Erected circa 1920, with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: carved from limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands at the corner of Hemp Lane and The Twist next to the churchyard of the Church of St Bartholomew and the crossroads at the centre of Wigginton.

It is positioned on a semi-circular stone rubble foundation with an ashlar coping, approached by stone steps with two ashlar columns to the side. The memorial comprises a limestone cross with Celtic head and a tapering shaft that rises from a tapering plinth and four-stepped base. On the front (SW) face of the plinth is a brass plaque, which carries the inscription TO THE ABIDING HONOUR/ OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR REWARD IS WITH THE LORD/ AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH/ THE MOST HIGH/ (NAMES). It includes 25 names of the Fallen. The ashlar columns to the NW and SE contain two bronze plaques inscribed with the names of those that served. The columns have moulded recesses and a coping. On the riser of the top step of the base of the memorial is a bronze plaque with 11 names of those who died during the Second World War beneath the dates 1939 - 1945.