NHER 14221 (Structure record) - Victoria Jubilee Memorial

THE PILLBOX DESCRIBED BELOW IS NOW RECORDED AS NHER 49443.

Victoria Jubilee (1887) memorial and milestone. Four sided, Gothic canopies surmounted by stone block supporting lamppost. On two sides are inscribed distances (including Yarmouth 11, By New Road 8). Other carvings include on north a railway engine.
See (S1).
E. Rose, (NAU) 15 November 1978.

1987. Listed Grade II.
Memorial to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee (1837 to 1887). Limestone, square on plan. Each face has a carved panel above the plinth with a gabled drip mould on ball-flower stops. The east face inscribed with distance to Norwich and Yarmouth, the west face with a railway locomotive, the south face with a camera on a tripod and the distance to Upton, South Walsham and Yarmouth (New Road). The north side inscription now eroded and not decipherable. The stone base surmounted by a cast iron lamp standard.
Information from (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 22 March 2006.

1994.
A stone monument, about 6 feet high and topped by an iron lamp standard. Each of the four sides of the base has a carving in relief, although only 3 can be made out: A railway engine, a lighthouse and the Head of Queen Victoria. Inscriptons are on two faces: "VICT REG/1837-1887/YARMOUTH/11 MILES/NORWICH/11 MILES" and "UPTON &/S WALSHAM/YARMOUTH/NEW ROAD/8 MILES".
See (S2) for further information.
D. Holburn (HES), 6 February 2012.

NGR corrected from original TG 4017 1061.
M. Horlock (NLA), 1 September 2003.

Source [1] states that during World War Two the monument was re-erected on top of a large pillbox at this point. Presumably this was removed at the end of the War and the monument replaced.
E. Rose (NLA), 25 April 2003.

May 2007. Norfolk NMP.
The World War Two pillbox described above is now recorded as NHER 49443.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 26 May 2007.

NGR corrected. Previously located at TG 4017 1052. Now located at TG 4015 1054.
Clearly visible on Google Streetview and the Ordnance Survey Mastermap.
H. Hamilton (HES), 24 February 2015.