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    Memorial

    Bishop Burton Cross

    Memorial in situ

    Source: Copyright S.J. Clark

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    Current Location

    On a promontory next to the village pond, A1079, Bishop Burton, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU17 8QB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 99002 39847

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    © WMR-35078

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    35078
    Description
    A four-stepped octagonal base surmounted by a plinth, a tapering shaft and a cross. The whole memorial is placed within a small orchard which has been planted with trees and shrubs. A stone panel set into the wall next to the entrance gate shows the names of those on the memorial.
    Inscription
    (Inscription on memorial unknown.) Inscription on new tablet: THEY WHOM THIS PANEL COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE/ CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS,/ FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ (Names)/ LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN/ 1914-1919/ THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY BISHOP BURTON PARISH COUNCIL IN 2014. (Original inscription stated in last line:THIS MEMORIAL CROSS WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN 1922
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Rank, forename, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    Name of officer first, followed by other ranks in surname order, followed by regiment.
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs. Temple Moore and Moore FRIBA, Architect

    • Messrs. J Peers and Sons, Builder

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Sponsored By
    Public subscription
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Breakdown: Building foundation and cross: £544.6.6 Tablet in Church: £90.0.0 Fixing tablet in church: £6.17.10

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    16 October 1922

    Lord Nunburnholme, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire

    Dedicated

    16 October 1922

    Rt Rev and Rt Hon Cosmo Laing, Archbishop of York

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 7924mm


    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1429042

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1429042 (accessed 11/05/2026)

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    159478

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