Memorial

H Thornton And S Thornton - Lychgate

Source: Copyright Richard Maddox

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Current Location

Lychgate in Bromley Road, St George's Church, High Street, Beckenham, Bromley, Greater London, BR3 1AX, England

TQ 37464 69612

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Gate
WMR Reference Number: 40786
Description: Restored lychgate with dedicatory metal plaque placed on one side and plaque detailing the restoration work that was done placed on the reverse.
Inscription: PLAQUE ONE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF HEDLEY AND/ STANLEY THORNTON WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ THE GREAT WAR, THIS ANCIENT LYCH GATE/ WAS RESTORED BY THEIR FATHER, A.D. 1924. PLAQUE TWO: THIS LYCH AGTE, PROBABLY THE OLDEST REMEMAINING/ IN ENGLAND, WAS ERECTED IN THE 13TH CENTURY/ AND REPAIRED IN AUGUST 1924, WHEN THE MAIN FRAME/ WORK WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED, BUT THE DECAYED/ GROUND CILLS AND THE BOTTOMS OF THE SIDE POSTS/ WERE RENEWED ON THE NEW FOUNDATIONS AND THE SPURS TO THE BRACKETS, WHICH HAD LONG BEEN/ ABSENT, WERE RESTORED.

After 20th December 1924

Lych gate restored

Plaques

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Gate

Made from: Wood

Condition: Good

East Kent Gazette - Saturday 20 December 1924 Beckenham's 13th century lych gate, in Bromley-road, claimed to be the oldest in England, is being restored by a local resident as a memorial to his sons who were killed in the war.