Emneth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Emneth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- steep-roof-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Emneth War Memorial, Emneth Cemetery, Opposite St Edmund Parish Churchyard, Church Road (South Side), King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE14 8AA
- OS grid reference
- TF 488 073
- Coordinates
- 52.6432, 0.19818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Emneth War Memorial is a First World War memorial erected in 1920. It is made of carved granite and is located in the burial ground across the road from the Church of St Edmund on Church Road in Emneth, Norfolk. The memorial is prominently placed in the center of the burial ground. It features a polished grey granite wheel head cross atop a cylindrical column with a moulded collar and foot, resting on a tall four-sided plinth and a three-tiered square stepped base. The plinth is inscribed in black painted incised lettering, which reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF LOVED / ONES WHO LAID DOWN THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / OF EMNETH MAY 16TH 1920 // (NAMES) // (NAMES) // 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES)."
Local climate
Emneth War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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