Crimea War memorial and Milestone - Attleborough, Norfolk
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N 52° 30.991 E 001° 01.166
31U E 365610 N 5820333
19th century war memorial (Crimea) and milestone on a traffic island in Attleborough.
Waymark Code: WMN0EY
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/02/2014
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"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.
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'.
December 1983.
Hit by car which revealed it was not a solid structure but slabs placed round a hollow core. Dismantled and restored.
The memorial is one of only a few monuments to the Crimean War in Britain."
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