NHER 5567 (Structure record) - 19th century war memorial and World War Two pillbox

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Summary

In the late 1850s a war memorial was built to commemorate the end of the Crimean War. This survives, despite having been hit by a car in 1983, and is one of only a few monuments to the Crimean War in Britain. In 1940 a World War Two pillbox was built beside the memorial but it was demolished after the war, potentially by 1946.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1306751: PILLAR

Location

Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	ATTLEBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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September 1975. Obelisk.
Commemmorates peace of 1856 (Crimean War). Bears names of battles, and lists of local towns with their distances. Iron brackets remain at top. Restored stone finial. Signed 'E. Robins, mason, Windham'.
E. Rose (NAU) 26 September 1975.

December 1983.
Hit by car which revealed it was not a solid structure but slabs placed round a hollow core. Dismantled and restored.
E. Rose (NAU) 2 December 1983.

Press cutting (S1) in file.

August 1996.
Common 1940 type 22 pillbox, now demolished. Stood below Crimean War Monument on crossroads.
Survey no. R1-6. Information from [1].
See record form (S3) in file.
D. Walker (NLA), August 1996.

September 2005.
The memorial is one of only a few monuments to the Crimean War in Britain.
See (S4).
D. Robertson (NLA) 29 September 2005.

Carol W. Haines' Norfolk Milestones survey part IV (S5) records the distances written on each side of the memorial.
D. Holburn (HES), 16 January 2012.

November 2012. Norfolk NMP.
Assessment of the earliest available aerial photographs for this site (1946- S6) did not reveal any convincing traces of a pillbox next to the monument, suggesting that it had been removed by this date.
S. Horlock (NMP), 02 November 2012.

Associated Sources (11)

--- SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 188.
--- SNF9054 Photograph: BZS 34.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF3103 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983. Town war tribute danger. 2 December.
<S2> SNF6283 Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1991. Norfolk Milestones Part 4.. NIAS Journal. Vol 5, No 1, p 39.
<S3> SNF57927 Recording Form: [various]. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey Recording Form. Norfolk Defensive Structures Survey.
<S4> SNF57928 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1999. Crimean war puzzle brings radio team to Norfolk. 17 December.
<S5> SNF81479 Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1991. Norfolk Milestones, Part IV. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.34-42. pp 38-39.
<S6> SNF87369 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 3G/TUD/UK/101 6141-2 30-MAR-1946 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2021 10:20AM