Steeple Aston Cross

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Reference WMO/92899

Address:

Heyford Road

Opposite Nizewell Head Road

Steeple Aston

Bicester

OX25 4SH

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Steeple Aston war memorial stands on Heywood Road in the village. The cross is constructed of Hornton Ironstone, from the quarries at Edge Hill and the three-stepped ashlar base supports both plinth and cross. Names are carved on the memorial and infilled in black. The memorial is separated from the street by a post and chain boundary and the back wall has two recesses which form seating areas. The memorial was listed at grade II in 2004 and is located within the Steeple Aston Conservation Area Biographies of the Fallen on Link
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Plinth face : 1914 / 1918 Around three faces of uppermost step : (3 NAMES) > 1939 - 1945 > (3 NAMES) Around five faces of third step from ground : (4 NAMES) > (4 NAMES) > (3 NAMES) > (4 NAMES) > (4 NAMES) Around five faces of second step from ground : (8 NAMES) > + TO THE MEMORY > OF THOSE FROM THIS > PARISH WHO DIED IN / THE GREAT WAR > (8 NAMES) Unknown step : (1 NAME)

Grade II (England)

1391093

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