Abbotsbury War Memorial

MATERIALS: carved from granite, resting on a pebble and concrete foundation.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands in the churchyard of the church of St Nicholas. It is immediately north-west of the Grade I listed medieval church and south-east of the Grade II* listed late C16 Manor House. The memorial comprises an ashlar granite cross with Celtic head, enriched by interlace and knotwork carved in relief, upon on a tapering shaft c1.5m high that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The shaft is inscribed TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ MEN OF ABBOTSBURY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE WAR/ 1914-1919. The top of the plinth has a hollow chamfer where it meets the shaft. There are 13 names inscribed on the front of the plinth, which has a tooled outer edge and rests on a square granite base with a pebble and concrete foundation.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.