Memorial

Amberley and Houghton

Cross

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

In the churchyard, east of church, St Michael's Church, Church Street, Amberley, Horsham, West Sussex, BN18 9NF, England

TQ 02832 13184

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 16768
Description: Rough-hewn base surmounting a plinth, shaft and wheel cross. Inscription on the plinth. additional stone at the foot of the cross with WW2 inscription.
Inscription: On shaft: - LAUS DEO // On plinth: - THIS CROSS / WAS SET UP BY THE PEOPLE OF / AMBERLEY AND HOUGHTON / AS A THANKFUL MEMORIAL BEFORE / ALMIGHTY GOD / OF THE VICTORIOUS ISSUE OF THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / AND / OF THE DEVOTION / OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT & THOSE WHO / FELL FOR THEIR COUNTRY & FOR RIGHT. // On separate footstone: - AND / IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939-45

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Stone of remembrance

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor