Lower Beeding War Memorial

The Lower Beeding War Memorial is a limestone memorial cross, likely dating from the 1890s, which was later converted into a First World War memorial. It is situated to the south-east of the Grade II listed Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, within the churchyard.

The memorial features a lantern cross atop a tapering, square-section shaft that rises from a square pedestal. The pedestal is adorned with a carved quatrefoil tracery design on each face and has a splayed foot. This entire structure is set on a two-stepped octagonal base.

On the west face of the foot of the shaft, there is an inscription that reads: "THIS CROSS/ WAS USED AS A/ WAR SHRINE/ 1914 – 1919." The names of 26 individuals who fell during the First World War are recorded on the other faces of the foot of the cross shaft. Additionally, a bronze plaque is embedded in the south face of the pedestal, featuring an inscription in Old English lettering that commemorates Jane Clifford Hubbard. The inscription states: "WE PRAISE THEE O GOD/ FOR ALL THY SERVANTS WHO HAVE/ DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN THY FAITH/ & REST & SLEEP THE SLEEP OF PEACE/ ESPECIALLY FOR THY SERVANT/ JANE CLIFFORD HUBBARD/ WHO RESTS IN THIS CHURCHYARD/ WITH MANY WHOM SHE LOVED WELL/ & WHOSE NAMES (?)… HERE/ BE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE/ ANNO D… MDCCCXCII."