Memorial Title
Elder Yard Unitarian Chapel
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: Elder Yard Unitarian Chapel Elder Yard Elder Way Chesterfield Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S40 1UR NGR: SK 38322 71247 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: The chapel is to the east of Elder Way. The window is in the east wall and the plaque is mounted on the north wall. |
Type
| Overall type: Window and plaque. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. |
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| Description: Originally a bronze plaque and circular window. The nowy-headed bronze wall plaque has a raised border of laurel leaves, a circular laurel wreath at the head and an inscription with list of names in a single column below, all in raised upright capital roman lettering. The stained glass window has at its centre a figure in blues, reds and green representing the Parable of the Sower surrounded by a border of acanthus leaves. At a later date a similar tablet was added to the first and both were mounted on a common oaken backboard with a copper shelf for the placement of tributes. Glossary |
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Inscription
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| THE ROUND WINDOW ABOVE THE ALTAR WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 : 1918 CHRISTOPHER ADLINGTON EDMUND BARNES NOEL BOND HAROLD BUCKNALL ALBERT BURROWS FREDERICK GOODWIN ALFRED LOUIS GREEN FREDERICK LOWE CHARLES EDWARD MANSHIP HAROLD MARSH TOM MATTHEWS EDWIN MUDDIMAN ERNEST OLDFIELD JIM RAMSKILL HARRY WATTS "Greater love hath no man than this" |
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 : 1945 JOHN E. BURCHER GEORGE E. GOODWIN RALPH JOHNSON RONALD McKAY WALTER SHELBOURNE ROY N. SWANWICK JACK WAGSTAFF FRED E. WEST And They - The Knights of God - shall see His Glory |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Chesterfield Parish Council; Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Unparished; Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
20th April, 1924: The WW1 plaque was unveiled by Mrs E D Swanwick and the window was dedicated.
1940s: The WW2 plaque was provided and the two plaques remounted.
5th July, 1971: The Chapel was listed Grade II*, Heritage List for England number 1088233.
November, 1976: The building lies within the Town Centre Conservation Area first designated in that month.
9th September, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Anne Branson. It was in fair condition and cared for.
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