The Charltons' War Memorial

First World War Memorial of 1930, with further inscriptions added after the Second World War and in the early C21.

MATERIALS: constructed of coursed blue lias.

PLAN: the boundary walls enclose a roughly-triangular area within which is a memorial wall that has a rectangular plan.

DESCRIPTION: it has a two-stepped base surmounted by a monolith which tapers slightly. Set in its front (south) face is a number of inscribed stone plaques. The central plaque carries the inscription: ‘1914/ 1918’, in front of this is a brass lantern. To the left is a plaque inscribed with the names of the men from Charlton Mackrell who lost their lives during the First World War; to the right is one listing those from Charlton Adam who died. The lower section of the wall has a central tablet inscribed: 1939-1945/ (NAMES).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the west, east and south sides of the remembrance garden are bounded by coursed stone walls with stone coping. The entrance (south) front has low metal gates between tall, square stone piers and each has a stone crucifix in relief to the south face.

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, 14 December 2016.