Crimea War memorial and Milestone - Attleborough, Norfolk - UK Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

"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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The obelisk bears the word “Peace,” 1856 and the names of four
battles of the Crimean War - Alma, Sebastopol, Balaklava and
Inkerman. The plinth at the base of the monument lists the
mileages of 24 nearby towns and villages. If not unique this
monument is most odd.

Type of Historic Marker: Early Victorian Peace obelisk. Age/Event Date: 01/01/1856 Give your Rating: Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Not listed Related Website: Not listed

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