Gorseybank

Memorial
Title

Gorseybank

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Locations

Last known location:
Roadside
Gorsey Bank
Gorseybank
Wirksworth
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE4 4AD

NGR:
SK 28955 53129
±5m

Location details:
On the western side of the road.

Type

Overall type: Pillar

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A stepped limestone pillar, with capstone and moulded finial, on a three stepped sandstone and concrete base. A marble tablet is set into the 6 o'clock face and bears an inlaid spray of foliage at the head with the inscription and names inlaid below in mixed styles of upright decorative lettering.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Pillar	Limestone	1770	600	600	Good
Finial	Porcelain?	c350	c150	dia	Good
Base	Sandstone, concrete	810	1530	1530	Good
Tablet	White marble	1075	330	-	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

SACRED
To the Memory of
those who have fallen
in the Great War
1914-1919
ARTHUR BOUSFIELD
GEORGE REPTON
AR. STANLEY DUROE
WM. HERBERT GRATTON
WILFRED THOMPSON
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS.
1939-1945
SAMUEL HOUGHTON
SIDNEY KINDER
GEORGE WM. MOORE
EDWARD UDALE
GEORGE WILDE

Conflicts and people commemorated

Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)
Number died	5	5
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	5	5

Administration

Custodians: Not known

Local Authorities:
From WW1: Wirksworth Parish Council; Wirksworth Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Wirksworth Town Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

The memorial lies within the Gorseybank Conservation Area.

7th April, 2011: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.

References

The Roll of Honour website has a record of this memorial.

Comments

The locality is generally known as Gorseybank and the street as Gorsey Bank, but there may be some variation.