NHER 63893 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, Norton Subcourse

World War One Memorial
Location: Approximately 7m to the south of the church tower, St Mary and St Margaret's Church, Church Road, Norton Subcourse.
Type: Latin Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from limestone, in the form of a freestanding plain Latin cross. It is used to commemorate eleven local servicemen who died in World War One. It is described as “rising from a simple collar at the top of a tall shaft, square on plan. The cross shaft stands on a tapering pedestal, which stands on a three-stepped octagonal base” (S1). There are inscriptions and names, in incised lettering. The dedication starts (Inscription A) on the font face of the plinth, with the eleven names listed on the two faces to either side. The front face of the uppermost step of the base bears the remaining dedication text (Inscription B).
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: Date unknown.
Inscription A: IN/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
Inscription B: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS. THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ “PEACE, PERFECT PEACE.”
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images and the War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details.
P. Beers (HES), 27 March 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 7 January 2025.

April 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 27 March 2020.