Shepton Montague War Memorial

A First World War memorial, erected circa 1920, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of rock-faced Doulting stone with a concrete base.

PLAN: it is square-on-plan.

DETAILS: the memorial stands in the west corner of St Peter’s churchyard and takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross with a south-west facing principal face. The churchyard wall has been reduced in height so that the memorial is visible form the passing road. It comprises a single-step base upon which sits a plinth which in turn supports a square, tapering socket stone. A tapering shaft rises from the socket stone and is topped by a wheel-head cross carved with Celtic designs in relief. The south-west faces of both the socket stone and plinth are dressed and contain dedicatory inscriptions. The inscription on the socket stone reads: ‘IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-1918, / KILLED AND MISSING / [Names] and the plinth is inscribed: ‘ALSO 1939-1945 / [Names]’.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 15 December 2016.