Memorial

Halton and Aughton Cross

The memorial area - with the Memorial Jubilee Garden to the left

Source: David Long

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Current Location

Church Brow/ Foundry Lane, Halton-with-Aughton, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 6LT, England

SD 50060 64824

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3334
Description: Celtic-style cross, without a wheel, with ornate carvings of animals and fruit on the upper section, inspired by ancient carvings in St Wilfrid's, the Parish Church, on a stepped, battered plinth, which carries the dedication, with two square steps above a circular base. It is set in a small walled garden with a screen wall to the rear, at the centre of which is an apex-roofed shrine within which is the triangular arched blue slate tablet carrying the incised names for the Great War, beneath a carved beribboned laurel wreath and dedication. The years of the conflict are incised on the stonework below. A separate, angled sandstone block carries the Second World War dedication and names on a slate tablet. Again, the years of the conflict are incised on the stonework below. The memorial area is adjacent to the Halton Memorial Jubilee Garden, dedicated in 1935, to which it was physically linked in 2007 by the removal of the intervening wall. (WMR 116347)
Inscription: PLINTH: THESE PASSED OUT OF/ THE SIGHT OF MEN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE TABLETS: TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF HALTON & AUGHTON/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1914 - 1919/ ALSO OF THOSE MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945

Maker(s): Paley and Austin, Architect
A O Thomas, Mason
H Birch and G H Leader, Sculptor
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