Memorial

St Mary's Church, Yatton - WW1, Restored Cross

Cross - 1

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Current Location

St Mary's Churchyard, The Causeway, Yatton, Woodspring, Avon, BS49 4HH, England

ST 43128 65396

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 72672
Description: A lantern cross with a five step octagonal calvary, plinth, a socket stone and shaft with a decorated terminal surmounted by a lantern cross head. On each face of the socket stone is the figure of an angel. Said to have been originally erected in 1499, although some suggest 1524-26 is more accurate, the shaft and lantern head is a replacement that was erected in 1919 when the cross was refurbished in commemoration of the men of Yatton who died in the First World War: a tablet records the refurbishment.
Inscription: Tablet - THIS CHURCHYARD CROSS/ ERECTED AD 1499 WAS RESTORED/ AD 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF YATTON MEN/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED/ WITHIN THE CHURCH’* * See IWM 7450

Maintenance History: The tablet is weathered and overgrown in places, making the commemoration unreadable.

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1015508