Memorial Title
Hathersage War Memorial Hall
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial hall at Hathersage, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: Stanage Hall Oddfellows Rd Hathersage Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S32 1DU NGR: SK 23154 81345 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: The hall is at the southern end of the road, on the eastern side. |
Type
| Overall type: Community Hall |
Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible and the memorial is well cared for. |
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| Description: A sandstone ashlar community hall with a pitched slate roof. The hall has a sandstone tablet on the west façade bearing an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering. Adjacent lancet windows have been blocked off and faced with polycarbonate panels bearing the names of the fallen of WW1 and WW2 in upright capital roman lettering. |
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Inscription
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| IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY THE PEOPLE OF HATHERSAGE 1914 - 1918 |
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| Left window: | Right window | |||||||||||||||
| 1914 - 1918 ARTHUR BAGSHAW JOHN BATES JOHN CHEVENS REGINALD EYDES HERBERT STANLEY FEARN THEODORE PERCY FEARN JOSEPH HAROLD FLETCHER CHARLES GRAVES GEORGE GREEN JAMES OUTRAM HASMAN GEORGE CEDRIC HODGKINSON GEORGE HOLMES GEORGE WILLIAM HOWE ARTHUR LITTLEWOOD EDWIN MARSDEN RAYMOND CROSSLAND NEWTON LUTHER PRIESTLEY CHRISTOPHER THORPE JOHN RICKABY TURNER GEORGE STUART UNWIN WILLIAM WALLACE JAMES FRANCIS WEBB FRANK WILSON |
1939 - 1945 LOIS DALTON FREDERICK HERBERT ELLACOTT LEONRAD FIELD JAMES FOLI-BRICKLEY GEORGE BERNARD FROST JOHN FARNE GREGORY JOHN CHARLES HUTCHINSON THOMAS HARDY MCCALL ERNEST JOHN PAGET GEORGE PLATTS FREDERICK HUGH PRIESTLEY VERNON REED RAYMOND SPENCER REYNOLDS ALFRED WESTRAY ROADKNIGHT WILLIAM ROBBINS RICHARD ASHTON SHUTTLEWORTH ANTHONY CONDOR SNOWDON JOHN NEVIL SNOWDON GORDON STUBBS GEORGE WILSON TUPHOLME PETER FRANK HARDY WAIN ROBERT WALLACE WARHURST KENNETH JUDSON WOODHEAD |
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Administration
Custodian: Hathersage Memorial Hall Committee
Local authorities:
From WW1: Hathersage Parish Council; Bakewell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Hathersage Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
1928: The hall was purchased for the residents of Hathersage for £650 raised by public subscription.
1929: After refurbishment the hall was opened as a memorial hall for community use.
17th April, 1951: The building lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.
2007: The hall underwent a major refurbishment.
2012: The hall underwent further improvements, supported by a grant from the National Lottery 'Awards for All' scheme.
April 2012: Application was made for planning consent to block up two lancet windows on the west façade. It was proposed to furnish them with panels giving the appearance of stained glass and bearing the names of the fallen of WW1and WW2, for which the local branch of the Royal British Legion would make a donation.
Early 2013: Work was completed on the two blocked off windows.
Early 2014: The sandstone tablet was restored and cleaned.
15th September, 2015: The outside of the building was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.
References
Hathersage memorial Hall
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