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Latitude: 51.0218 / 51°1'18"N
Longitude: -2.6492 / 2°38'57"W
OS Eastings: 354561
OS Northings: 124916
OS Grid: ST545249
Mapcode National: GBR MN.HW3D
Mapcode Global: FRA 56BD.XCK
Plus Code: 9C3V29C2+P8
Entry Name: Cross Base and War Memorial
Listing Date: 16 August 1984
Last Amended: 18 November 2014
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1345998
English Heritage Legacy ID: 262774
Location: Yeovilton, South Somerset, Somerset, BA22
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Yeovilton
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Memorial
Churchyard cross of C14 date; surmounted by an early-C20 war memorial.
Churchyard cross of C14 date; surmounted by an early-C20 war memorial.
MATERIALS: constructed of Ham stone (base) and pre-cast concrete (upper part).
DESCRIPTION: the medieval cross consists of a base of two octagonal steps on which is set a square socket stone with moulded and chamfered corners. Set onto the socket stone is an early-C20 shaft. Its east face is inscribed: IN MEMORY OF / (TWO NAMES)/ PARISHIONERS OF PODYMORE/ KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR/ APRIL 11 AND MAY 3/ RESPECTIVELY 1917/ "PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES./ IN THEIR DEATH NOT DIVIDED.” 2 Samuel 1.23 / (NAME). The west face carries the inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ PARISHIONERS/ OF/ PODYMORE/ BURIED IN/ THE CHURCH YARD. The shaft rises to a cross with rectangular sections. At its centre, each face is inscribed 'IHS' within a circular panel.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 14 December 2016.
Within the churchyard of the church of St Peter is the base of a medieval cross, believed to be of C14 date. After the First World War a concrete shaft with a cross was erected on the base to commemorate the three men of the village who died during the conflict, as well as the parishioners buried in the churchyard.
The medieval cross base and war memorial in the churchyard of the church of St Peter is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an unusual monument which, in contrast to the standard war memorial design, re-uses a medieval cross base to create a well-realised commemorative structure;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and two chest tombs (both Grade II).
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