War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross
War Memorial Cross

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A war memorial in the form of a cross of sacrifice, with a relief-carved inverted sword superimposed on the arms and shaft of a Latin cross of octagonal section. The moulded foot stands on a simple squared plinth, which stands on a two-stepped platform, the lower step of which has a moulded tread.
Title

War Memorial Cross

Medium

Ham Hill limestone

Accession number

DT2_PAL_S034

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Piddlehinton Parish Council

Custodian

Piddlehinton Parish Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

1921

Listing date

19/12/17

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plinth front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PIDDLEHINTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918.; upper step: FOR KING AND COUNTRY.; plinth sides: (Names); plinth rear: 1939 – 1945 / (Names) / RESTORED 1997

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Located at

Rectory Road, Piddlehinton

DT2 7TE

Located at the junction of Rectory Road, High Street (B3143), Church Hill (B3143), and London Row.