Hempnall War Memorial

Hempnall War Memorial is located on a small green at the junction of Broaden Lane and The Street, c40m to the east of The Thatched House (Grade II-listed). It comprises a stone wheel-head cross with detailed carvings of the rose, iris, grape and Passion of Christ flowers on each arm of the cross, and a Tudor rose motif at the centre. The wheel of the cross-head includes small floral carvings.

The cross head surmounts a straight shaft with simply-moulded foot and a wreath carved in relief towards the upper part to front and rear. The shaft rises from a tapering plinth with double-moulded cap and sloping foot step. This stands on a large stone base given rusticated surface detailing.

The principal dedicatory inscription, repeated to the front and rear faces of the cross shaft underneath the carved wreaths, reads TO/ THE GLORY/ OF GOD/ 1914-1918 with the commemorated names listed on two faces of the plinth. The Second World War dedication, to the east face of the plinth, reads TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES).

The memorial stands within a small gravelled enclosure bounded by four low posts that carry spiked chains. The south-eastern post is inscribed COMMEMORATION/ OF THE/ KING’S/ SILVER JUBILEE/ 1935.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.