Memorial

Great Billing - Calvary

Great Billing Calvary

Source: Copyright Graham Thorpe

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Current Location

Corner of Elwes Way with High Street,, High Street/Elwes Way, Great Billing, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 9EA, England

SP 81102 62802

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 14983
Description: Calvary. Wooden cross with pitched tiled roof & figure of Christ at Crucifixion. Figure of Christ is in colour; dark hair & beard, white robe & flesh coloured body. Calvary stands on a stone cube. The shaft of the cross is supported at the rear by an iron rod, fixed into the ground. The whole memorial area is accessed via two curved wide steps from the pavement. Plaque mounted on lower part of cross & a large inscription and names tablet mounted on rear wall behind the memorial. WW2 tablet mounted alongside. Initials I.N.R.I. above figure of Christ.
Inscription: On plaque under Calvary : GREATER LOVE THAN / THIS NO MAN HATH / THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS Left hand wall tablet behind Calvary : THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / WHO SERVED IN THE WAR 1914 TO 1918 / (52 NAMES) / R.I.P. / (8 NAMES) Right hand wall tablet behind Calvary : WORLD WAR / 1939 TO 1945 / R.I.P. / (3 NAMES)

Cross

Height: 350 cm

Made from: Wood

Condition: Unknown

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good