Location
Bell Lane and Lymm Road, Thelwall, Cheshire.
Description
A modern stone cross. Engraved on the body and base are:
- a quotation (in original language) from an ancient document,
- the names of those who lost their lives in the two world wars,
- a translation of the above quotation,
it tells of events occuring during the reign of Edward the
Inscription
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HER ON THYSUM GEARE FOR EADWEARD CYNING MID FIERDE ON UFAN HAERFEST TO THELWAELE & HET GEWYRCAN THA BURG & GESETTAN & GEMANNIAN & HET OTHRE FIERD EAC OF MIERCNA THEODE THA HWILE THE HE THAER SAET GEFARAN MAMECEASTER ON NORTHHYMRUM & HIE GEBETAN & GEMANNIAN |
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IN REMEMBRANCE
Roland BROOKE
Walter Henry DENSHAM
James HANKINSON
Robert HANKINSON
Legh HOLDEN
Francis Edward Dale NICHOLSON
James RICHARDS
Samuel SHAW
William Henry TUNSTALL
Richard Barber WHITLOW
1914 - 1918
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1939 - 1945
Thomas Jefferson KENNEDY Reginald Aubrey RENDEL
Jack Kenneth SMALLSHAW Robert WARHAM
William WOODCOCK
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DCCCCXXIII
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IN THIS YEAR WENT KING EDWARD WITH A FORCE AFTER HARVEST TO THELWALL AND BADE BUILD THE CITY AND OCCUPY AND MAN IT. ANGLO SAXON CHRONICLE C.C.C. LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE |
