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Latitude: 51.0401 / 51°2'24"N
Longitude: -2.45 / 2°27'0"W
OS Eastings: 368544
OS Northings: 126846
OS Grid: ST685268
Mapcode National: GBR MX.GR37
Mapcode Global: FRA 56RC.HBV
Plus Code: 9C3V2GRX+2X
Entry Name: Churchyard Cross and War Memorial, in churchyard, Church of St Nicholas
Listing Date: 25 January 1985
Last Amended: 25 February 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1222464
English Heritage Legacy ID: 261727
ID on this website: 101222464
Location: St Nicholas's Church, Holton, Somerset, BA9
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Holton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Churchyard cross
A C15 village cross, restored as a war memorial following the First World War, altered with an inscription following the Second World War.
A C15 village cross, restored as a war memorial following the First World War, altered with an inscription following the Second World War.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: The cross and memorial are constructed from stone and are square in plan.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial consists of a Celtic-style cross with carved faces, atop a tapering plinth which connects with the socket of the original village cross. On the eastern face of the socket is carved the inscription, "THIS ANCIENT/ CROSS WAS RESTORED IN/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ ON THE TABLET IN THE CHURCH".
The north face of the cross has the carved inscription, "SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 45".
The cross stands on a stone plinth.
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, 23 November 2017.
A medieval village cross, restored as a war memorial to the fallen of the First World War, c.1920.
The Churchyard Cross and War Memorial in Holton is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as a C15 churchyard cross incorporated into a memorial following the First World War;
* Design: the cross is a well-executed and eloquent design.
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