NHER 67688 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Bintree

World War One memorial with World War Two additions
Location: Churchyard of St Swithin’s Church, Church Road, Bintree
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description: The memorial is in the form of a wheel-head cross made of roughly hewn grey granite. There is a relief of a Sword of Sacrifice carved on the shaft on the cross. The cross sits on a tapering plinth on top of a single-stepped base. The plinth has smoothed faces bearing the inscriptions.
Proposed: Unknown
Designed By: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: Assumed planned and erected around 1920, when the majority of Norfolk’s war memorials were commissioned. Additional research required.
Inscription: PARISH OF BINTREE/ IN MEMORIAM/ 1914 – 1918/ SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YE FALL ASLEEP (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME)
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S3) for images and the War Memorials Register (S4) for images, names and additional details.
A. Henderson (HES), 5 September 2024.

February 2017. Listed. Grade II.
Details as summarized above.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) for further details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S3) and War Memorials Register (S4).
A. Henderson (HES), 5 September 2024.