Memorial Title
Newton
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial cross at Newton, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: The Green Newton Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE55 5TE NGR: SK 44412 59432 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: The memorial is on the footway outside the community centre, at the junction of Main St (B6026) and Littlemoor La. |
Type
| Overall type: Cross. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. |
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| Description: A Darley Dale sandstone monument comprising a plain wheel cross on a battered pedestal and three-stepped base. The four faces of the pedestal each bear a trapezoidal granite tablet let into the face and bearing the incised inscription in gilded upright capital block lettering. The memorial originally stood near the middle of an open road junction and was protected by tall iron railings. At a later date the periphery of the junction was kerbed and further kerbs were laid around the railings creating a traffic island around which vehicles could pass on all sides. Subsequently the roads were realigned and the memorial site was incorporated into the footway on the northern side of the junction. At some stage during these changes, the footway surface was raised to the top of the lower step so that only the top two steps of the three-stepped base are now obvious. The original iron railings have also been replaced by galvanised mild steel railings. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Tablet on 6 o'clock face: | Tablet on 9 o'clock face (WW1): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF NEWTON WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. |
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| Tablet on 12 o'clock face (WW2): | Tablet on 3 o'clock face (WW1): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939 - 1945 REGINALD W. CUTHBERTSON WALTER HIND J. LEWIS LOCKING JACK SALT WALTER SHEASBY F. WILLIAM SMITH WILLIAM UNDERWOOD D.F.C. WALTER WILKINSON EDWIN J. WOODWARD GEORGE RILEY |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Blackwell Parish Council, Blackwell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Blackwell Parish Council, Bolsover District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
7th September, 1920: The memorial was unveiled by Adm Sir Frederick Inglefield KCB DL FRGS JP, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, of Mickleover Hall.
1926-1938: The memorial was kerbed to create a traffic island.
c1990s: The road was realigned leaving the memorial on a widened footway.
January 2002: The memorial lies within the Newton Conservation Area first adopted in that month.
September 2014: The memorial was cleaned and the inscription regilded by Mansfield Memorials.
Unknown date: The railings were replaced.
11th July, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.
References
Belper News; 17th September, 1920; p3: An identical report to that above.
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