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Latitude: 51.0184 / 51°1'6"N
Longitude: -2.4314 / 2°25'52"W
OS Eastings: 369838
OS Northings: 124429
OS Grid: ST698244
Mapcode National: GBR MY.J3TY
Mapcode Global: FRA 56SF.BKX
Plus Code: 9C3V2H99+9F
Entry Name: Horsington War Memorial
Listing Date: 9 February 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1432250
ID on this website: 101432250
Location: South Cheriton, Somerset, BA8
County: Somerset
District: South Somerset
Civil Parish: Horsington
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Memorial
A stone war memorial cross of 1920s date.
A war memorial cross of 1920s date.
MATERIALS: constructed of stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is a freestanding latin cross with a tapering chamfered shaft, square plinth and two-stepped octagonal base. The front face of the plinth is inscribed: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918/ (NAMES). The step below is inscribed: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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, 23 November 2017.
The war memorial to the fourteen members of Horsington Parish who died in the First World War was erected in the 1920s and is shown on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1930. The names of the eight who fell in the Second World War were added later.
The war memorial at Horsington, Somerset 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 has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: a well-crafted cross design in dressed stone;
* Intactness: the structure is unaltered;
* Group value: it forms an important group with the Grade II listed Horsington School.
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