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    Memorial

    Wymondham - Cross

    Wymondham - Cross

    Source: Copyright Brian Fare

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    Current Location

    Adjacent to south door of Church,, St. Peter's Churchyard, Church Lane, Wymondham, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14 2AB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 85148 18637

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    14792
    Description
    Four-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a square sectioned plinth, square sectioned tapering pillar, square capital and wheel cross. Incised slate inscription tablet on each of plinth faces. The whole memorial is bordered by a small garden and a metal, single-railing fence with eight posts.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock face : THIS MEMORIAL CROSS/ BEARS THE HONOURED NAMES/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ OR IN THAT OF 1939 - 1945/ AND IT IS DEDICATED TO THEM/ BY THEIR FELLOW VILLAGERS/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE 3 and 9 o'clock faces : 1914 - 1918 / (14 NAMES) 12 o'clock face : 1939 - 1945 / (10 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    10
    Died
    10
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MESSRS BELTON AND GODDARD, Manufacturer

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    BIOLOGICAL GROWTH ON THE STEPS AND A FEW CRACKS ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PEDESTAL Cleaned by local store men roughly some time in the 1980s.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    01st November 1919

    COL GRETTON MP

    Rededicated

    03rd April 1949

    MR RUPERT PAYNE

    Dedicated

    1 November 1919

    Reverend F B A Williams.

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 4020 mm

    Width: c2000 mm

    Depth: c2000 mm


    Made from: Stone - Corby


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1469633

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest * as an eye-catching and elegant wheel-head cross. Group value * for its group value with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and with the scheduled and Grade II listed former market cross.

    Tablets

    Height: c750 mm

    Width: c600 mm

    Depth: c10 mm


    Made from: Slate


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1469633

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest * as an eye-catching and elegant wheel-head cross. Group value * for its group value with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and with the scheduled and Grade II listed former market cross.

    • "Wymondham War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1469633. Accessed 8 August 2024.