Marshland Smeeth and Fen 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.
Marshland Smeeth and Fen War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hidden-remnant-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Marshland Smeeth and Fen War Memorial, Marshland St James Cemetery, Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Marshland St. James, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE14 8EP
- OS grid reference
- TF 520 093
- Coordinates
- 52.66039, 0.24648
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Marshland Smeeth and Fen War Memorial is a First World War memorial, with later additions for the Second World War, erected in the 1920s by an unknown architect. It is made of carved grey granite and is prominently located at the entrance to the cemetery in Marshland St James, facing the road.
The memorial features a polished grey granite Latin cross on a tapering four-sided plinth, which rests on a granite foot and a four-stepped concrete base below. The memorial is enclosed by concrete posts connected by chains. The plinth has inscriptions in incised and painted lettering.
On the western face, the inscription reads: "ERECTED BY THE / INHABITANTS OF / MARSHLAND SMEETH & FEN / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THEIR FRIENDS WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (NAMES) // ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD / AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM / LEST WE FORGET." The northern face is inscribed: "ALSO / IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF / MARSHLAND ST JAMES / (NAMES) / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 – 1945."
Local climate
Marshland Smeeth and Fen War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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