Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross
Calvary Cross

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A large wooden crucifix with a bronze figure, under a gable with inscribed bargeboards and a slate roof. It has a square ashlar pedestal with recessed panels, and a cruciform ashlar base, two steps, with moulded edges. There are also bronze inscribed tablets. The Calvary Cross cost £300 and it was unveiled by Reverend the Honourable Robert Margill Dalyrymple, MA, vicar of St Stephens Church, 1902–1917. It was restored in 2006–2007 and rededicated on 20th May 2007.
Title

Calvary Cross

Date

1920

Medium

bronze & wood

Accession number

NG2_AK_S044

Acquisition method

commissioned by St Stephens Church, Sneinton

Work type

War memorial

Owner

St Stephens Church, Sneinton

Custodian

St Stephens Church, Sneinton

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

20th May 1920

Listing date

30/11/95

Access

at all times

Inscription description

gable: BY THY CROSS AND PASSION; plaque on six o'clock face: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF SNEINTON / WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918.; plaque on side face: TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF THE EVER BLESSED TRINITY / ALL YE WHO PASS BY OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THE SNEINTON MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR JUSTICE AND FREEDOM TO WHOSE MEMORY THIS CALVARY IS ERECTED. / GRANT TO THEM O LORD, ETERNAL REST AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM. 1920.; side Plaque: TO HONOUR / THE MEMORY OF / PERCY STANIFORTH / PF THE SHERWOOD / FORESTRY REGIMENT / KILLED IN ACTION / ANZ10 1944 AGED 20 / LEST WE FORGET

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Located at

Dale Street, Sneinton, Nottingham

NG2 4JX

Located in St Stephen's Churchyard opposite Windmill Lane.