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
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
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 |