Memorial Title
Peace (Temporary)
Summary
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Locations
| Last known location: Lydgate Eyam Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S32 5QF NGR: SK 22087 76376 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: The well dressing was at the roadside on the south side of the road variously named as The Causeway or Lydgate. The site is known as Town End Well and is at the eastern end of Eyam, in an area sometimes known as Town End. |
Type
| Overall type: Well dressing. | Overall condition: Lost. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A temporary Derbyshire well dressing display traditionally made from flowers and other vegetation pressed into clay held in a wooden frame but now often utilising stones, beads, fabric etc. The dressing comprised a square main panel surmounted by a frieze and a segmental pediment flanked by a pair of finials with roundels. The plain frieze was in gold and bore the inscription in black upright capital lettering. A bracket at each end bore a green laurel wreath. The main panel had a recessed image at the centre comprising the red cross of St George on a white ground with several emblems superimposed. At the centre a roundel depicted the Earth in blue and white with the caption 'The world hangs out to dry' in upright capital lettering; top left was an image of a sleeved gramophone record with the caption 'We'll meet again' in upright capital lettering; top right was a sheet of a musical score with a BBC microphone and the caption 'World Service' in upright capital lettering; bottom left was a wicker basket containing meagre groceries and bottom right was an image of a book labelled 'Ministry of Food Ration Book' in upright capital letters. The rails of the main panel bore the inscriptions in upright lettering against a gold ground: that at the top in sentence case; that at the bottom in capitals. At the lower corners were red and green wreaths. The two side supports each bore three white doves against a blue ground. Glossary |
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Inscription
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| 1945 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| A NEW DAWN | |||||||||||||||||||
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| World War II Ends PEACE ON EARTH |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From 1974: Eyam Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
10th July, 1981: Eyam Conservation Area was first designated. The memorial site lies within it.
Spring-Summer, 1995: The well dresssing was designed and made by members of the local community.
Late Summer, 1995: After blessing by the local clergy the well dressing was displayed for a few days and was subsequently dismantled. It was photographed by Glyn Williams.
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