Fordham War Memorial
Fordham War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Fordham in Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens with sculpture by Sir George Frampton and closely resembles Hove War Memorial in East Sussex, which was also a collaboration between Lutyens and Frampton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Matthews, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: World War I memorial in Fordham, East Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “war memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Soham Wet Horse Fen and Isleham Hoard.
Soham Wet Horse Fen
Nature reserve
Photo: Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soham Wet Horse Fen is a 33.8-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Soham in Cambridgeshire. A 3.6-hectare field in the north-west corner is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire as Soham Meadow. Soham Wet Horse Fen is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fordham War Memorial.
Isleham Hoard
Archaeological site
The Isleham Hoard is a hoard of more than 6,500 pieces of worked and unworked bronze, dating from the Bronze Age, found in 1959 by William 'Bill' Houghton and his brother, Arthur, at Isleham, near Ely, in the English county of Cambridgeshire. Isleham Hoard is situated 2½ miles north of Fordham War Memorial.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: ethics girl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 2 miles south of Fordham War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fordham and Snailwell.
Fordham
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordham is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England. Fordham is part of the East Cambridgeshire district. It is four miles north of Newmarket, as well as being close to the settlements of Soham, Burwell, Isleham, Mildenhall and Chippenham.
Snailwell
Hamlet
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Snailwell is a small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England around 4 kilometres north of Newmarket. Snailwell is situated 2 miles south of Fordham War Memorial.
Freckenham
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freckenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in East Anglia, in the country of England. Geographically, it is relatively flat and has the River Kennet, a tributary of the River Lark locally known as the Lee Brook, cutting through the centre of the village. Freckenham is situated 2 miles east of Fordham War Memorial.
Fordham War Memorial
- Categories: World War I memorial and historic site
- Location: Fordham, East Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.31148° or 52° 18′ 41″ northLongitude
0.39057° or 0° 23′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9F42896R+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 467767770OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26616619
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fordham War Memorial”. Photo: Charles Matthews, CC BY-SA 4.0.