Fife Fishing Disaster Monument at Hardwick Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 2006. Cemetery monument.
Fife Fishing Disaster Monument at Hardwick Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- secret-chimney-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 2006
- Type
- Cemetery monument
- Address
- Fife Fishing Disaster Monument at Hardwick Cemetery, Hardwick Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 624 189
- Coordinates
- 52.74401, 0.40559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fife Fishing Disaster Monument at Hardwick Cemetery is a cemetery monument, possibly made of Coade Stone, dating from around 1876. The monument is designed in the shape of a boat, which rests on two cross pieces atop a stepped base. The bow and stern of the boat feature inscriptions that read "KY1298" (with KY representing Kirkcaldy), "Beautiful Star," and "St Monance." One end of the base is inscribed with "This Monument was Erected by Public Subscription to the Memory of Eight Scottish Fishermen Drowned on the Norfolk Coast in the November Gale 1875," while the other end bears the inscription "Life How Short." The sides of the base list the names of the eight fishermen. The Beautiful Star was one of five boats lost with all hands on November 19, 1875, during a storm that occurred as they were returning to East Neuk after the East Anglian herring season. This late 19th-century monument is notable for its unique boat-shaped design and detailed craftsmanship, as well as its historical significance in commemorating fishermen lost in a storm and highlighting the connection between Norfolk and the Scottish fishing industry.
Local climate
Fife Fishing Disaster Monument at Hardwick Cemetery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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