Beighton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 2018. Memorial.
Beighton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-cloister-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2018
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Beighton War Memorial, Outside All Saint's Churchyard, Church Hill, Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TG 386 083
- Coordinates
- 52.62019, 1.52406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beighton War Memorial is a First World War memorial with an addition for the Second World War, located just outside the entrance to the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Church of All Saints in Beighton.
The memorial features a stone wheel-head cross adorned with Celtic knot work designs carved in relief on the north-west face of the cross-head and wheel. It has a square shaft with a moulded foot that displays the dedication, "TO THE GLORY OF GOD," on the north-west face. The shaft rises from a four-sided, chamfered plinth that sits atop a three-stepped stone base; the upper step is square with chamfered corners that have semi-circular projections from the chamfered face, while the other two steps are octagonal. The entire structure is supported by a square concrete foundation.
The main inscription is found on a stone plaque on the north-west face of the plinth, which has a gabled top with a ball finial. The inscription reads, "AND/ IN UNDYING HONOUR OF/ BEIGHTON MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (8 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
Additionally, a further dedication is inscribed on the south-west face, which states, "ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ (NAME)/ WHO FELL IN THE 1939 - 45 WAR." All lettering is incised and painted black.
Local climate
Beighton War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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