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    Memorial

    Hallaton Cross

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    Source: Leicestershire County Council

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    Current Location

    The Cross, Hallaton, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 8UA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 78790 96521

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    37815
    Description
    OCTAGONAL PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PEDSTAL, TAPERING SHAFT AND CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PEDESTAL AND PLINTH. SUNDIAL ALSO PLACED ON THE PLINTH BEWICKE COAT OF ARMS ON ONE SIDE OF THE PEDESTAL
    Inscription
    NORTH FACE: LIBERTAS ET NATALE [SOLUM]/ CALVERLEY/ GEORGE/ BEWICKE OTHER FACES: (Names) AROUND THE PLINTH: ERECTED BY EFFIE ELIZABETH WIDOW OF CALVERLEY THEODORE BEWICKE IN MEMORIAM MCMXIV - MCMXVIII
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    41
    Died
    41
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • PAUL WATERHOUSE, Architect

    • MESSRS THOMAS MARLOW, Mason

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Maintenance History
    2008: 4 names added to the First World War names. Grade II Listed

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    03 April 1918

    Bishop Suffragan of Leicester

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 5100mm


    Made from: Stone - Limestone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1087039

    • Market Harborough Advertiser 9th April 1918
    • http://www.leicestershirewarmemorials.co.uk/war/memorials/view/509
    • "War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087039?section=official-list-entry. Accessed 12 May 2025.
    • Kenyon, Denis. "The 45 Sentinels of Hallaton - a Living Memorial." The Harborough Historian, Issue 38, October 2021, pp29-35.
    • Kenyon, Denis. "War Memorials of Market Harborough." The Harborough Historian, no 27, 2010, pp26-32.