Memorial

Boughton - Cross

Boughton, Norfolk - Cross

Source: John Bastock

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Current Location

South of Church tower., All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Boughton, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE33 9AQ, England

TF 69982 02218

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 56457
Description: Two-stepped square base surmounted by a square-footed, chamfer-edged, tapering shaft, collar and cross. The two main inscriptions are incised onto tablets set flush into the upper step faces. War period and names are incised directly onto the original stonework of the upper step faces. All inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
Inscription: 6 o'clock top step face: (5 NAMES)// 9 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ THIS CROSS IS HUMBLY DEDICATED/ BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE VILLAGE// 12 o'clock face: 1914 - 1918// 3 o'clock face: AND THEY SHALL BE MINE/ SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS / IN THAT DAY WHEN/ I MAKE UP MY JEWELS/ MALACHI V3 CH17

Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: June 2023: Photographs show inscriptions in good legible condition. November 2009: Telephone caller stated that inscription on one side of the memorial is almost illegible.

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good