Ravensthorpe Memorial Cross, Northamptonshire is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 2015. Memorial cross. 1 related planning application.
Ravensthorpe Memorial Cross, Northamptonshire
- WRENN ID
- ghost-baluster-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 2015
- Type
- Memorial cross
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial stands alongside the tower of the church of St Denys (Grade II*). It comprises a stocky, 2.5m tall limestone cross with a simple wheel head carried on an octagonal shaft. This rises from a square plinth set on a shallow octagonal base. Each corner of the plinth is decorated with a narrow, blind lancet.
The plinth bears the inscriptions carved into three of the side panels:
(west) HE DIED FOR US./ GREATER LOVE./ THEY DIED/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY./ 1914-1919.
(east) WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ THESE MEN GAVE/ THER LIVES (2 NAMES).
(south) (9 NAMES)
A metal plaque has been fixed to the north side of the plinth, inscribed FALKLANDS 1982/ (1 NAME).
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, 16 January 2017.
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