Memorial

Headington Quarry - Cross

Cross.

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Current Location

Adjacent to porch entrance,, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Trinity Road, Headington Quarry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 8LQ, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 55445 06851

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31975
Description: Large, skirted octagonal base step with an overhanging platform-type upper face supporting a further two plain octagonal base steps, surmounted by a square to octagonal sectioned transition plinth with a bevelled top edge. Rising from the plinth is a square footed octagonal sectioned tapering shaft, octagonal boss with a decorative dual interwoven string design in relief, topped by a cross incorporating an ornate centre design. Additionally, a figure of Christ and the Crucifixion is attached to the front face of the cross. Incised inscriptions on two faces of plinth and across three of the front upper step riser faces. All inscriptions infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Plinth - face 1 : 1914 / 1918 Plinth - face 3 : 1939 /1945 Upper step - across faces 8, 1 & 2 : TO THE MEMORY > OF ALL THE MEN > FROM THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN > THEIR LIVES IN > THE GREAT WAR

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Additional Information: No recorded names on memorial.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Additional Information: No recorded names on memorial.

History

Maker(s): Mr. F. E. Howard, Architect
Alec Millar, Stone Carver
Mr. E. Coppock and Mr. F. Goodgame, Mason

Ceremonies

Dedicated

October 1920

Bishop of Oxford

Unveiled

October 1920

General Sir Robert Fanshawe, KCB, DSO

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Headington Quarry - Cross

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