Memorial

Heacham

Memorial Cross

Source: Copyright Colin Murray

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Current Location

Outside St Mary the Virgin Church, Roadside, Hunstanton Road, Heacham, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE31 7HH, England

OS Grid Reference

TF 68090 37960

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 53455
Description: A five-bay stone ashlar wall with central three-sided pillaster supporting an octagonal stone cross and with two stone tablets built in on each side creating four WW1 name lists. Flanking stone ashlar walls have copings forming a frieze and have a further tablet built in on each side creating two WW2 name lists. Central stone steps create access up from the road level.
Inscription: Frieze: 1914 1939 TO THE MEN OF HEACHAM WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WARS 1945 1918 Inner left tablets: (Names) Inner right tablets: (Names) Outer left tablet: AND THOSE WHO FELL/ (Names) Outer right tablet: IN THE WAR 1939 1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 43
Died: 43
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,decorations
Order of names: surname

History

Maintenance History: 20 September 1984: Memorial listed Grade II, English Heritage reference 221182 WW1 name tablets are obviously newer than rest of the memorial and presumably replacements.

Conservation

Components

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Wall

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

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Heacham

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

Heacham

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Conservation

Components

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