Caldicot Cross - Caldicot, Gwent, Wales. Great Britain. - Christian Crosses on Waymarking.com

'Work was commissioned to provide a focus for the area known as 'The Cross' which marks the limit of the pedestrianized area in Caldicot town centre, and to record permanently the names of sixteen war dead. A Celtic cross previously stood on this site and was used in 1741 by John Wesley to preach from. The artist's aim for his design was "to make a contemporary piece of sculpture within a long-established tradition of markers and focal points in the Welsh landscape." The work was funded by the Welsh Development Agency and Monmouth Borough Council. The slate was sponsored by Greaves Welsh Slate Co. Ltd., Blaenau Festiniog.

Caldicot Cross is 17 feet high, twin columned stacked slate cross on a square stepped slate base. Round the base are the names of those who are remembered in Caldicot.
The names follow the dedication and are inscribed as follows:

LEST WE FORGET, THEY GAVE THEIR TOMORROW FOR OUR TODAY: 1914-18 George Andrews • Andrew J Davies • Alfred W Evans • Ernest C Evans • Henry A Parry • Percy S Parry • Henry Peach • James A Pride • Stanley S Spencer • Charles W Stringer • William H Thomas • James A Tiplin • Ernest R Turner • Richard H Williams • 1939-45 William T Francis • William Harris • John Millington • Leslie Morgan • Godfrey Munday • Geoffrey Neild • Raymond Odam • Wilfred J Porter • Ray Shorey • Bertram Squibbs • David E Thomas • Jack Vilday • Fred Wilcox • 1991 David E Denbury (Iraq)

The Cross comprises thousands of individually cut and shaped pieces of Welsh slate, mined from the Llechwedd slate quarries at Blaenau Festiniog and was sculpted by Howard Bowcott in 1995.
There are other inscriptions on the top face of the base giving details in both Welsh and English of the sponsors and sculptor:


NODDW YD GAN CYNGOR BWRDEISTREF MYNWY A'R AWDURDOD DATBLYGU CYMRU
NODDIR Y I FCHFN GAN CWMNI GREAVIS WELSH SLATE CO LTD, BLAENAU FFESTINIOG

CALDICOT CROSS GAN HOWARD BOWCOTT 1995

FUNDED BY MONMOUTH BOROUGH COUNCIL AND WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
SLATE SPONSORED BY GREAVIS WELSH SLATE CO LTD, BLAENAU FFESTINIOG

CALDICOT CROSS BY HOWARD BOWCOTT 1995. Text Source: (visit link)


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Type of cross: Celtic cross Material used: Stone (granite, sandstone, marble, ...) Characteristics of this cross: A remarkable monument to the memory of the Men and Women of Caldicot who have died in Wars. The cross comprises of thousands of individually cut and shaped pieces of Welsh slate, mined from the Llechwedd slate quarries at Blaenau Festiniog and was sculpted by Howard Bowcott in 1995. Describe the location: The Caldicot cross stands in an open area at the limit of the town centre pedestrianized area, known as the Cross, opposite the Cross Inn, Newport Road, Caldicot, Gwent, Wales. NP26 4BG Year of manufacture: 01/01/1995 Is this cross commemorative ?: Yes

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