Listed Building: Laxton War Memorial (3.49.61)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Date assigned Thursday, January 16, 2020
Date last amended

Description

The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Grade I listed parish church of St Michael the Archangel, to the north of the chancel. A plain cross stands on a drape on top of a square column supported by a square base of two stages. At the base of the north face of the column a broken artillery piece is sculpted alongside sprays of laurel and oak. The column is inscribed on its north face with lettering in lead: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF / THOSE FROM THIS / PARISH WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / GREATER LOVE HATH / NO MAN THAN THIS, / THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE FOR / HIS FRIENDS. The names of nine men who lost their lives are recorded in the two stages of the plinth.

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Grid reference SK 72203 67088 (point)
Map sheet SK76NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Laxton, Newark

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Record last edited

Jan 16 2020 2:48PM

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