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Norwich War Memorial

Norwich War Memorial is a First World War memorial in in Eastern England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the last of his eight cenotaphs to be erected in England.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: war memorial in Norwich, England
  • Also known as: “Norwich Cenotaph” and “Norwich City War Memorial”
  • Inscription: “OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ REMEMBERING ALSO ALL OTHERS OF THIS CITY WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY - 1914/1919 - 1939/1945”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Norwich Market and Norwich Castle.

Marketplace
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central , England. Founded in the latter part of the 11th century to supply Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area following the Norman conquest of England, it replaced an earlier market a short distance away.

Museum
Photo: Bluemoose, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a medieval royal fortification in the city of , in the English county of . William the Conqueror ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England. is situated 910 feet east of Norwich War Memorial.

Library
The Forum is a public building in , , England. The building opened in 2001 and was designed by the British architectural firm Sir Michael Hopkins and Partners. is situated 430 feet southwest of Norwich War Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norwich and Golden Triangle.

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, a two-cathedral city, is the capital of the county of , within the larger region of East Anglia. It lies some 185 km NNE of , and as well as being a convenient base for exploring the Broads and the North Norfolk Coast is also…

Locality
The is a wedge-shaped area within the southwestern suburbs of , . The base of the Triangle is at the Colman Road stretch of the outer ring road, which is one mile southwest of the city's inner ring, with the other two sides – Earlham Road and Newmarket Road – pointing into the city centre.

Suburb
is a suburb of , to the east of the city centre, in the Norwich District, in the English county of . It was constituted a separate ecclesiastical parish on 9 March 1852, from the civil parish of Old Thorpe, and in 1912, was in the rural deanery of .

Norwich War Memorial

Latitude
52.62858° or 52° 37′ 43″ north
Longitude
1.2923° or 1° 17′ 32″ east
Open location code
9F43J7HR+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1539929470
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q22666899
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Chinese—“Norwich War Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նորվիչի պատերազմի հուշահամալիր”
  • Chinese: “诺维奇战争纪念碑”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Memorial Garden and The Undercroft.

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