War Memorial at Earls Barton
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War Memorial at Earls Barton
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 6 Sep 2016
The Earls Barton War Memorial stands on the green alongside All Saints’ church. It comprises an elaborate stone cross, with a foliate head inset with an inverted bronze sword set upon an octagonal shaft which rises from an octagonal plinth that stands on a single-stepped octagonal base. There are bronze tablets are set around the plinth. One carries the inscription: THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT 1914 – 1918 ‘THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE AND THESE STONES SHALL BE FOR A MEMORIAL FOR EVER’. Other tablets carry the names of the fallen, with a separate tablet recording the names of those who fell 1939-45. The memorial is Grade II-listed (List entry Number: 1433007 https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1433007 Historic England).
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Image Location
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52.265411
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-0.752968