Bedfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Bedfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- salt-latch-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bedfield War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, IP13 7JJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 227 663
- Coordinates
- 52.25022, 1.26175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bedfield War Memorial is a war memorial erected in 1920 by Charles Mee, following the First World War, with an additional inscription added after the Second World War. It is carved from Cornish granite and is located within the churchyard of the Church of St Nicholas, immediately to the east of the chancel.
The memorial features a Celtic cross set atop a trapezoidal plinth and a two-stepped base, standing approximately 2.5 meters high. It is surrounded by stone paving and gravel within a square stone kerb, which is accessible via a short path. The front (south) face of the plinth bears an inscription in leaded lettering that reads: "LEST WE FORGET/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919/ (10 NAMES)." The upper step of the base includes the inscription: "1939 (NAME) 1945." The west face of the plinth is inscribed with the words: "UNITY IS STRENGTH/ TO/ THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF/ BEDFIELD/ WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICE TO/ KING AND COUNTRY." Lastly, the east face of the plinth has the inscription: "MAKE THEM/ TO BE NUMBERED/ WITH THY SAINTS."
Local climate
Bedfield War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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