Borrowash Wesleyan Methodist Church

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Last known location:
Borrowash Methodist
Church
Nottingham Rd (A6005)
Borrowash
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE72 3FL

NGR:
SK 41783 34511
(From online digital mapping)

Location details:
In the centre of the north wall.

Type

Overall type: Tablet

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

Three alabaster tablets built into the wall. Each tablet comprises a lancet shaped recess bordered by attached columns and all resting on an inverted moulded cornice. The outer two tablets are made up of tiles: that on the left containing an inlaid Christograph at its centre; that on the right an Alpha-Omega monogram. The central tablet bears the inscription and names in upright black capital lettering and has tracery at the head. The whole is supplemented by a hood moulding reflecting the triple arches. All is of polished mottled brown alabaster except the tiles bearing the lettering which are of a paler stone.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet assembly	Alabaster, white marble	1650	2400	70	Good
Hood moulding	Alabaster	550	3100	70	Good
Dimensions in millimetres unless stated otherwise, ±5mm.

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH
WHO DIED IN THE
GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1919.
(Names)
"LEST WE FORGET"

Conflicts and people commemorated
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	24
Number served and returned	0
Total names	24

Administration

Custodian: The church authorities:
Local authorities: Before 1974: Ockbrook and Borrowash Parish Council; Shardlow Rural District Council and later South East Derbyshire Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council. From 1974: Ockbrook and Borrowash Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

12th December, 2014: Surveyed by Roy Branson.

References

Comments

The church would have been known as the Wesleyan Methodist Church during WW1 but changed it name to Methodist Church following merger with the nearby Primitive Methodist Church.