Stokesby with Herringby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 2018. War memorial.
Stokesby with Herringby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- deep-thatch-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Stokesby with Herringby War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, Filby Road, Norfolk, NR29 3ET
- OS grid reference
- TG 435 105
- Coordinates
- 52.63813, 1.5985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stokesby with Herringby War Memorial is a First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with additions for the Second World War. It is situated in the churchyard of St Andrew’s Church on Filby Road in Stokesby, Norfolk. The memorial features a tall pillar topped with a hipped cap, with rusticated dressing on the sides and relief carvings that include a cross, sword, foliage, and national flowers. The front of the pillar has inscriptions related to the First World War, while the stone base, which rests on a concrete foundation, bears inscriptions for the Second World War.
The incised inscription reads: "THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF STOKESBY WITH HERRINGBY IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BRAVE MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 (NAMES) GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ALSO OF (NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945."
Local climate
Stokesby with Herringby War Memorial receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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