Denston War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1921. DESCRIPTION: Denston War Memorial is located on the village green at the centre of the village, and is close to several Grade II-listed buildings, including the Post Office and Stores and Cherry Tree Cottage. It is of limestone and comprises a small wheel-head pointed cross above an elaborately carved collar on a tapering hexagonal shaft. This rises from a hexagonal plinth with sloping cap and moulded foot. The whole stands on a single-stepped, square stone base. The plinth carries the principal inscription and the names in incised lettering. The east face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The inscription continues on the west face of plinth and reads BUT THE MEN/ WERE VERY GOOD/ UNTO US AND WE/ WERE NOT HURT/ THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US BOTH BY/ NIGHT AND DAY. The names of the 11 men who died during the First World War are inscribed on the four other faces of the plinth.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.