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

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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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