Memorial Cross, Main Street - Houghton on the Hill
World War I
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ContributePortland stone tabernacle surmounting shaft on square plinth, on three tiered base. Has Calvary, St George, St Catherine and Peace in tabernacle. Kerb stones marking its site are four halves of the millstones from Houghton windmill which closed 1894 and was on Ingarsby Lane, being moved in 1952 and the memorial is sited where the old village stocks were previously placed. Long stone vase sits on a step with three sets of holes for flowers and was donated by G Collin and Son in 1996. Unveiled by Mrs Oliver, wife of Lieut Colonel CF Oliver TD DL on 15 February 1921; dedicated by Ven the Archdeacon Macnutt of Leicester.
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Memorial Cross, Main Street - Houghton on the Hill
Grid Reference: SK6786303640
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Inscription Reads
WE LOOK FOR
A NEW EARTH
WHEREIN DWELLETH
RIGHTEOUSNESS
IN MEMORIAM
[NAMES]
AD
1914
19
DEO GRATIAS
IN HONOUR & PRAISE
OF ALL WHO SERVED
THEIR KING & COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR Vase: PRESENTED BY
THE HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL
BRITISH LEGION
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