Docking War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 2017. War memorial.
Docking War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- crooked-bronze-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Docking War Memorial, St Mary’S Churchyard, Chequers Street (B1454), King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE31 8LW
- OS grid reference
- TF 765 369
- Coordinates
- 52.9011, 0.62342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Docking War Memorial, made of rough-hewn grey granite, is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church on Chequers Street in Docking. It is prominently placed along the churchyard path that leads from the lychgate to the south porch of the church. The memorial features a wheel-head cross with a Sword of Sacrifice carved in relief, sitting atop a tapering plinth with a two-stepped base below.
The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: "TO THE MEMORY OF THE DOCKING MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ DOCKING MEN WHO FELL IN/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES)/ 'WE WILL REMEMBER THEM'."
Local climate
Docking War Memorial receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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