East Barsham (Griffith) War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2017. War memorial.
East Barsham (Griffith) War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- errant-hinge-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- East Barsham (Griffith) War Memorial, All Saints Churchyard Extension, East Side of Fakenham Road, NR21 0LF
- OS grid reference
- TF 917 337
- Coordinates
- 52.86668, 0.84662
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The East Barsham War Memorial is a First World War memorial with an addition for the Second World War. It is made of sandstone and is situated within the churchyard extension of the Church of All Saints, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a wheel-head Calvary cross that has a sculpted depiction of the Crucifixion on the cross-head and shaft. The cross-head is adorned with carved fleur-de-lis in relief on each of its four sections, while the shaft has a moulded foot and rises from a square plinth that sits atop a three-stepped square base. The plinth has a moulded cornice and foot and displays inscriptions on three of its faces.
The front face of the plinth has an incised inscription that reads: "IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ THOMAS COMBER GRIFFITH/ LIEUT 1ST LOYAL NORTH LANCS/ AND 1ST (DYERS) SLAVO BRITISH LEGION/ KILLED AT TROITSA/ ON THE DVINA NORTH RUSSIA/ JULY 7 1919 AGED 24/ RIP."
The second face of the plinth states: "AND OF/ HENRY GRIFFITH PAGAN LOWE D C M/ 2ND LIEUT ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ (SQUADRON 45)/ DESPATCH RIDER R.E. 1914 - 15/ KILLED IN FRANCE NOVEMBER 8TH 1916/ AGED 28/ RIP."
The third face commemorates: "ALSO/ RENTON P. WALKER/ ROYAL NORFOLK REGT/ BORN 1917/ DIED IN INDIA 1943."
Local climate
East Barsham (Griffith) War Memorial receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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