Memorial Title

Centenary of WW1 (Lost)

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial well dressing commemorating the Centenary of WW1 at the Coffin Well, Tissington, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Coffin Well
Chapel La
Tissington
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE6 1RA

NGR:
SK 17826 52276
(From online digital mapping.)

Location details:

The well is in a private garden and only accessible during well dressing week.

Type

Overall type: Well dressing.

Overall condition: Lost

Description:

A traditional temporary well dressing tableau made from flowers and other vegetation pressed into clay held in a wooden frame comrising an arch with a recessed panel at the centre. The lettering on the arch was in green upright capital italic lettering against a white ground and the finial contained a spray of red poppies. The central panel was an upright oblong with rounded arch top and bore the text in green sentence case italic lettering on a white ground. A green border bore clusters of red poppies. The two side panels each contained a depiction of an infantryman in battledress walking away from the viewer with rifle on the shoulder and in each foreground was a spray of red poppies.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Mosaic	Clay, plant material	c3500	c2500	c50	Lost
Frame	Wood	c3500	c2500	c50	Unknown
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Arch:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	0
Number served and returned	0
Total names	0

FOR THE FALLEN
2014

Central panel:

They shall
grow not old,
as we that are
left grow old;
Age shall not
weary them,
nor the years
condemn.
At the going
down of the
sun and in
the morning
We will
remember them.

Left panel:

England
mourns
for her
dead
across
the sea

Right panel:

Fallen
in the
cause
of the
free

Foot:

Coffin Well

Administration

Custodian: Not known.

Local authorities:
Tissington Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

Spring 2014: The memorial was planned, designed and constructed by members of the local community.

29th May 2014: The well dressing was blessed by the local clergy.

29th May 2014: The well dressing was displayed from 29 May to 4 June 2014

5th June 2014: The memorial was dismantled and the components salvaged for future use.

References

Well dressing details are available from the welldressing.com site run by Glyn Williams.

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