Memorial Title
E Spooner
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a Boer War memorial to Edwin Spooner comprising additional lettering on a family gravestone at Spital Cemetery, Chesterfield.
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Locations
| Last known location: Spital Cemetery Hady Hill (A632) Spital Chesterfield Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S41 0DZ NGR: SK 39032 70689 (From online digital mapping) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Southwest of the chapel, between the main path and the southern boundary. |
Type
| Overall type: Addition to gravestone. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. |
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| Description: An addition to the lettering on a headstone on a family grave. The tall sandstone headstone has a decorative top, recessed sides, and an incised inscription in mainly upright capital lettering with the maker's name incised at the foot. The headstone is accompanied by oblong sandstone kerbs. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Headstone: |
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| In Loving Memory of WILLIAM, THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF HANNAH MARIA SPOONER, BORN JANUARY 24TH. 1838, DIED MAY 10TH. 1901. ALSO EDWIN, THEIR SON, BORN JULY 27TH. 1881, KILLED AT VLAKFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA, MAY 29TH. 1901. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED HANNAH MARIA SPOONER, WHO DIED JULY 19TH. 1907, AGED 71 YEARS. THY WILL BE DONE. |
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| Foot of headstone: | |||||||||||||||||||
| J. T. WRIGHT | |||||||||||||||||||
Administration
Local authorities:
From 19th century: Chesterfield Parish Council, Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chesterfield Borough Council (unparished); Derbyshire County Council.
History
13th September, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.
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