Drayton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 2018. Memorial.
Drayton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- heavy-screen-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North MP: Alice Macdonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Drayton War Memorial, St Margaret's Churchyard, School Road, Norfolk, NR8 6DW
- OS grid reference
- TG 180 137
- Coordinates
- 52.67735, 1.22417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drayton War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. Following the First World War, there was a significant wave of public memorials erected across England to commemorate the immense loss of life, as many communities were deeply affected by the deaths of approximately three quarters of a million British soldiers. The memorial in Drayton serves as a lasting tribute to the local individuals who lost their lives during the First World War.
The inscription on the memorial reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ DRAYTON MEN/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ The epitaph reads 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS'/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN/ 1939 – 1945 WAR."
The memorial is situated within a raised square enclosure made of knapped flint walling topped with shallow flat stone copings. This enclosure is positioned on the slope of the higher ground behind the memorial.
Local climate
Drayton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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