Castle Hedingham War Memorial

This memorial stands in the Churchyard of St Nicholas Church, just off Falcon Square/King Street.

standing in St Nicholas' churchyard The memorial is dedicated to all those that gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

The War memorial cross is a composite of an earlier c.12th century (or possibly older) cross. Supposedly this cross stood as a 'wayside cross' at Crouch Green, there also stood a chapel nearby related to the Benedictine Nunnery nearby. The stone is from Barnack, the same as the Norman Keep of Hedingham Castle. The cross stood for around 400 years until it was destroyed with the Dissolution of the Monastaries in 1535. The shaft of this cross was discovered supporting the cellar floor of the Falcon and donated to the village by the owner Mr Kendall. In 1921 the cross fragment was incorporated in the design of the memorial by P.M. Johnson.

The memorial is listed and described as '''Shaft is tapered and carved on 4 sides with bosses on the chamfered edges. Carved square base. Surmounted by a C20 cross'' '