Hockwold cum Wilton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 2017. War memorial.
Hockwold cum Wilton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- stranded-spandrel-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Hockwold cum Wilton War Memorial, St James’ Churchyard, Church Lane, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TL 734 879
- Coordinates
- 52.46238, 0.55171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hockwold cum Wilton war memorial is a First World War memorial with additions for the Second World War, located in the churchyard to the south-west of the entrance to the Grade I-listed Church of St James. The memorial is made of polished grey granite and features an obelisk that rises from a two-tiered, chamfered square plinth, which is set upon a single-stepped, chamfered square base. This structure is elevated on a narrow square platform.
On the north face of the obelisk, the dates 1914/1919 are displayed within a wreath. Below this, on the upper tier of the plinth, the principal inscription reads: "THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO SERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR." The lower tier of the plinth bears the words "THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIFE EVEN UNTO DEATH" REV. XII 4.
The names of twenty-two individuals who died in the First World War are inscribed on the east and west faces of the upper tier of the plinth. The 23rd name is located on the south face, beneath which is the dedication for the Second World War, featuring the dates 1939/1945 within a wreath. The names of three individuals who died in this conflict are listed on the lower tier of the plinth.
All lettering and wreath designs are incised and painted gold.
Local climate
Hockwold cum Wilton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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