Hillington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. War memorial.
Hillington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- heavy-gutter-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hillington War Memorial, The Churchyard, St Mary's Church, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 6DE
- OS grid reference
- TF 722 252
- Coordinates
- 52.79697, 0.55401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hillington War Memorial is a stone cross located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, which is also listed at Grade II*. It is prominently positioned near the churchyard gates and faces the road outside the church tower. The memorial is raised above the level of the churchyard wall and features a plain Latin cross on a tapering plinth with a single-stepped base. The plinth includes inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription reads: "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ (8 NAMES)/ THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ 1939 - 1945/ (2 NAMES)/ HOLMAN OF LYNN." The names listed include ranks and the years of death.
Local climate
Hillington War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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