Histon and Impington

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Reference WMO/114905

Address:

Water Lane

jct Station Road

Histon

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial commemorating the fallen of Histon and Impington, entwined villages just to the north of Cambridge, is a tapering limestone column surmounted by a wheel cross and standing on an octagonal plinth and a two-stepped base on a concrete apron. The wheel of the cross is formed by a carved wreath. Around the plinth are shallow recessed panels headed by three foiled cusped arches. They are inscribed with a dedication and the names of the fallen of two world wars; above the panel with the dedication a laurel wreath is carved in low relief in the cusp. The memorial stands on Water Lane, in the tarmaced section of a grassed area surrounded by rosebeds.
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6 O'CLOCK FACE: LEST/ WE/ FORGET/ THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF HISTON AND IMPINGTON/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN/ OF THESE PARISHES WHO DIED/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ AND THE FREDOM OF NATIONS/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ WHEN THE POWER OF THE CITY SHALL/ SEEM GREAT UNTO YOU, CONSIDER THEN/ THAT IT WAS PURCHASED BY VALIANT MEN/ AND BY MEN WHO KNEW THEIR DUTY. OTHER FACES: (NAMES)

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Grade II (England)

1389391

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