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Henbury and Broken Cross

The war memorial to the men of Henbury and Broken Cross is a sandstone Celtic cross on a plinth and a three-stepped base. There are inscriptions on four sides of the base, both dedications and lists of names. The memorial stands in the churchyard of St Thomas’s in the village of Henbury, eastern Cheshire.

Due to the collapse of a field drain nearby the memorial had begun to suffer from subsidence. There was also a build up of dirt, moss and lichen on the memorial. In January 2006 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation offered a grant of £1625 towards work to clean the memorial using water and a bristled brush, to level, re-bed and re-point the plinth and steps using lime mortar and to rake or cut out defective joints and re-point them using lime mortar.

The World War I dedication reads

Erected by the inhabitants
of
Henbury and Broken Cross
in memory of the men of this parish
who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 -1918

A glorious death is his who for his country falls

and the names of the fallen are inscribed on two sides of the plinth.

The World War II inscription reads

These men gave their lives
in the Second World War
1939 – 1945

Their names liveth for evermore

and four names are listed.

Nothing is known about the designer or craftsmen. It is believed that the memorial was erected in about 1923.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1691
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 12993

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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