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Hints war memorial - Taken by Paul Sephton 17 Apr 2013
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Calvary Cross - Taken by Allison Smith 09 Oct 2016
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Vellum explaining background to the war memorial based in the churchyard - Taken by Ynyr Owen 14 Sep 2017
Reference WMO/110048
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- Stone Stone (any)
- First World War (1914-1918)
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Vellum Inscription: To all whom it may concern/This vellum written by Mr W H Downing/is to place on record the restoration of the ancient cross/in the churchyard at Hints, erected on foundations, believed/to have been laid down about the year 1153. The new cross of Staffordshire stone from the quarries of/ Hollington was erected by Messrs Birdgeman and sons/of Lichfield in the design of Sir C Nicholson. It was dedicated by Lionel Crawford, the Lord Bishop of Stafford assisted by the Reverend FR Sallisbury MA, Rector of Weeford, and the Reverend AJ Wheeler MA/Vicar of this parish, and unveiled by Lt Colonel V W de Falbe/DSO, CMO, of the North Staffordshire Regiment, on the 21st/day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand/nine hundred and twenty one, and handed over in perpetuity to our/church of Saint Bartholomew of the parish of Hints, in the/county of Staffordshire, as a War Memorial, in honour/of those who served, and made the supreme sacrifice in the/ Great War of civilisation 1914 - 1918/ WH Downing
Grade II (England)
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