NHER 63910 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Scoulton

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: Holy Trinity Churchyard, The Street, Woodrising, Scoulton.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from limestone, in the form of a freestanding wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate eleven local servicemen who died in World War One, and latterly four men who died in World War Two. It is described as on a simple shaft “surmounting a tapering four-sided plinth with moulded cap, on a single-tiered base” (S1). There are inscriptions and names (Inscription A) in poor condition on the plinth in incised lettering. A metal plaque, added 1981, is to the lower shaft with an inscription (B) in incised lettering. This latter inscription denotes a plaque being placed in Holy Trinity Church (NHER 8831).
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: Erected around 1920.
Inscription A: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE// (NAMES)// 1939-1945/ (NAMES).
Inscription B: A MEMORIAL PLAQUE/ HAS BEEN PLACED/ IN THE CHURCH/ NOVEMBER 1981.
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 April 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 14 January 2025.

March 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 April 2020.