Toft Monks War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 2018. War memorial.
Toft Monks War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- unlit-grate-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 July 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Toft Monks War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Margaret, Pound Lane, NR34 0EX
- OS grid reference
- TM 426 952
- Coordinates
- 52.50147, 1.57339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Toft Monks War Memorial is a First World War memorial built around 1920, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret on Pound Lane in Toft Monks, Norfolk. It is prominently positioned in the northern part of the churchyard, between the road and the church, facing the road. The memorial features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross atop a tapering four-sided plinth with a single-stepped base. The plinth includes inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription reads: "TO/ THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918// (NAMES)// (NAMES)// LEST WE FORGET/ 1939 – 45/ THESE WERE THEY/ WHO STROVE TO SET THE NATIONS FREE/ NOT ONLY FROM THE SWORD’S BRUTE SWAY/ BUT FROM THE SPIRIT’S SLAVERY/ (NAMES)."
Local climate
Toft Monks War Memorial receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 92% 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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