Description

SD 48 SE
2/8
HEVERSHAM

Heversham

Memorial Cross to
South of Church of
St Peter (q.v.)

G.V.
II

Memorial Cross. Erected 1920 in memory of those killed in 1st World War,
inscription for 2nd World War added later. Designed by J.F. Curwen.
Sandstone. In the form of a Celtic Cross, based on a reconstruction of the old
cross in the church porch at the time of survey. Inscribed on South face with
list of names and:

THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE 1914-1919

followed by a further list of names for 1939-45 war. Inscription on North side
reads: (in part)

TO THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO AT THE
CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT
WAS DEAR TO THEM ... GIVING UP THEIR LIVES
THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM.

Further information and photograph of original Memorial Curwen; John F.
History of Heversham with MiInthorpe published by: Titus Wilson & Son,
Kendal, 1930.

Listing NGR: SD4959983372

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 3 February 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q83189975

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]