Great Snoring War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 2017. War memorial.

Great Snoring War Memorial

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 2017
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

MATERIALS: Clipsham stone monument with bronze plaque.

DESCRIPTION: Great Snoring war memorial is located on the churchyard wall of the Grade I listed Church of St Mary, opposite Grade II listed 1, 2, 4 The Street. It is prominently situated just to the left of the churchyard entrance, facing the main road. It comprises a Clipsham stone engrailed cross, on a shaft surmounting the churchyard wall. Bronze name plaques for the First and Second World Wars are fixed below the cross, on the roadside of the flint wall.

The principal dedicatory inscription reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1919/ (22 NAMES). On the later plaque, the inscription continues: 1939-1946/ (2 NAMES).

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