Potter Heigham War Memorial

First World War memorial, erected in 1919, with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: of rock-faced granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas (listed Grade I), on the west side of the path leading to the church’s south porch. It comprises a rock-faced Latin cross standing on a trapezoidal plinth. This has polished surfaces on three of its four sides for leaded inscriptions. A single-step base supports the plinth, and the whole structure stands on a concrete foundation.

The First World War dedicatory inscription is in leaded letters on the east side of the plinth and base and reads ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD / THE GIVER OF VICTORY / THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED AD1919 / IN SACRED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREON INSCRIBED / AND IN HONOUR OF / ALL WHO SERVED IN THE FORCES / ON LAND OR SEA / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’.

The south side of the plinth is inscribed ‘1914 – 1918’ along with the names of the seven local service men who died during the First World War, along with a serviceman who accidentally drowned when on leave.

On the north side of the plinth is the inscription ‘1939 – 1945 / WORLD WAR’ and the names of the three local men who died during that conflict.