Nordelph War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2017. War memorial.
Nordelph War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stony-paling-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War. Erected in 1923. Architect unknown.
MATERIALS: Carved from grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Nordelph War Memorial is located in front of Nordelph Village Hall, Birchfield Road, Nordelph, Norfolk. It is prominently situated, inside an enclosure, standing before the village hall, which is set back slightly from the road. It comprises a circa 1.5m high rough-hewn Celtic cross, with carved sword of sacrifice to the face, on a plinth with single-stepped base. The lower part of the shaft, and the plinth, bear the inscriptions in leaded lettering. The whole is within a kerbed enclosure bounded by seven posts connected by chains.
The inscription is in leaded and blacked lettering and reads (plinth) THEY DIED THAT / WE MIGHT LIVE / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) // (shaft) 1939 – 1945 / (NAME). This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 5 June 2017.
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