NHER 53134 (Structure record) - Dereham war memorial, Market Place and site of the Dereham Obelisk

March 2008. Listed, Grade II.
A war memorial unveiled in 1922.
The memorial is constructed of Cornish grey granite with inscribed bronze plaques.
The monument stands approximately 4 metres high and consists of a cenotaph surmounting a two-stepped base. The bronze plaques on the cenotaph are inscribed `IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF EAST DEREHAM WHO FELL/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)'.
This memorial is thought to have been inspired by Sir Edwin Lutyens's cenotaph in Whitehall. It was originally dedicated to the men of Dereham who died in the First World War and was subsequently also dedicated to the dead of the Second World War.
Information from (S1).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 13 November 2009.

This is also the site of the Dereham Obelisk, of mid 18th century date, showing the distances to prominent towns. It was dismantled during World War Two andthrown down a well(S2). The well is said to have been in Ruthven Place, opposite the Assembly Rooms (S3).
The Obelisk was originally one of a pair of gate piers forming the entrance to Melton Constable Park. Both were adapted in 1757, with one given to Holt and the other taken to Dereham (S4).
D. Gurney (HES), 29 August 2013.