Memorial

Thelwall - WW1 and WW2

The cross in the garden

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Current Location

On the edge of the school grounds, where Bell Lane meets Lymm Road., Chaigley School, Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2SU, England

SJ 65343 87378

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 42907
Description: A granite, Anglo-Saxon cross, with a depiction of King Edward the Elder in the cross-piece, angels above and to the sides, with vine-scroll decoration beneath. The scroll leads down to a carved quotation in Old English relating to the founding of Thelwall in 923 - a translation of which has been incorporated into the surrounding wall of the Memorial. The Memorial was erected in 1923 to commemorate the millennium of that foundation and the dead of the Great War, whose names are in lead lettering at its base. The dead of WW2 have been added, again in lead lettering, to the step below the base of the cross
Inscription: HER ON THYSUM GEARE/ FOR EADWEARD CYNING/ MID FIERDE ON UFAN/ HAERFEST TO THELWAELE/ & HET GEWYRCAN THA/ BURG & GESETTAN &/ GEMANNIAN & HET OTHRE/ FIERD EAC OF MIERCNA/ THEODE THA HWILE THE/ HE THAER SAET GEFARAN /MAMECEASTER ON/ NORTHHYMRUM & HIE/ GEBETAN & GEMANNIAN/ DCCCXXIII In Remembrance/ Names/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945/ Names DCCCCXXII/ IN THIS YEAR WENT KING EDWARD WITH A FORCE/ AFTER HARVEST TO THELWALL AND BADE BUILD THE/ CITY AND OCCUPY AND MAN IT/ ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE (CCC Library, Cambridge)

Maintenance History: The Old English lettering at the base of the cross itself is very difficult to decipher. The rest of the lettering is very clear.

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good