Memorial Title

St Mary's Mission Church

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial altar and triptych formerly in St Mary's Mission Church, Sawmills, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location: Sawmills Village Hall 11 Ripley Rd (A610) Sawmills Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE56 2JQ NGR: SK 36258 52242 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.)	Location details: The hall is on the north side of the road. The triptych is inside on the north wall.

Previous location: St Marys Mission Church (Redundant) 2 Ripley Rd (A610) Sawmills Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE56 2JQ NGR: SK 36040 52209 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.)	Location details: The church was on the south side of the road. The altar was at the east end of the church and the triptych was on the wall to the north of it.

Type

Overall type: Altar

Overall condition: Fair. The altar is lost but the triptych is in fair condition, the iinscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.

Description:

An altar supplemented by a glazed triptych board.

The wooden panelled altar was probably of oak and had a tall narrow panel to each side, with blind ogee tracery at the head, and three plain panels in the middle.

The triptych has a tall central panel with a plain latin cross at the head and the main inscription below. The left volet contains the WW1 names and the right one those for WW2. The names and inscriptions are painted in black upright capital roman lettering.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Altar	Wood	-	-	-	Lost
Central Panel of triptych	Wood	740	515	75	Fair
Volet x 2	Wood, glass	605	230	45	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

1914 - 1918
H BODEN
E BODEN
A CHINTON
J MURPHY
F RODGERS
H RODGERS
J RODGERS
C WAIN
J WHITE

TO THE
GREATER GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE FALLEN
IN TWO WORLD WARS
THE HIGH ALTAR
WAS ERECTED BY
THE
INHABITANTS OF THIS DISTRICT
JESU MERCY MARY PRAY

1939 - 1945
F HALL
A JACKSON
C RAY
J SMITH
C WADE

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action	Unspecified
Number died	9	5	14
Number served and returned	0	0	0
Total names	9	5	14

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be Sawmills Village Hall (Registered Charity No 520543) in association with Bullbridge and Sawmills Civic Society

Local authorities:
From WW1: Heage Parish Council, Heage Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From WW2: Heage Parish Council, Ripley Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ripley Town Council, Amber Valley Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

13th November, 1950: A meeting of the War Memorial Fund Committee decided that an altar and plaque should be installed in the church as a war memorial.

1950s: The altar and triptych were installed in the church.

Autumn 2013: St Mary's Mission Church closed and the triptych was moved to Sawmills Village Hall.

7th November, 2013: The triptych was rededicated by Rev Val Hart, vicar of St Anne's Church, Ambergate.

9th February, 2018: The Triptych was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.

References

Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press; 17th November, 1950; p3: a report on the meeting of the War Memorial Fund Committee.

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