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Memorial Title

Church of the Holy Trinity - WW1

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet formerly in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Peak Dale, and now in the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Wormhill, Derbyshire.
Images
Setting Memorial Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image.
Further images may be available on request.
Locations
Last known location:
Vestry
Church of St Margaret of
 Antioch
Un-named road
Wormhill
Derbyshire
Nearest postcode:
SK17 8SL

NGR:
SK 12452 74175
(From online digital mapping.)
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Location details:
The church is accessed from a track running east from the un-named road running north-south through the village. The memorial is leaning against the wall in a curtained-off vestry in the south transept.

Previous location:
Church of the Holy
 Trinity (Redundant)
School Rd
Peak Dale
Derbyshire
Nearest postcode:
SK17 8AJ

NGR:
SK 08729 76465
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Location details:
Wall-mounted.
Type
Overall type: Tablet. Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.


Description:

A lightly mottled white marble tablet on a wooden backboard. The tablet has a triangular pediment containing the badge of the Sherwood Foresters flanked by sprays of laurel, all in relief. Below the pediment a moulded cornice extends slightly wider to each side of the tablet. The main panel bears the inscription with names in three columns, all incised in upright capital roman and block lettering painted black. The wooden backboard follows the outline of the tablet and is painted black.

Glossary
Components:

ComponentMaterialHeightWidthDepthCondition
Tablet White marble870111095Fair
BackboardWood1000113035Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD,
AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR BROTHERS, WHO LAID DOWN
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.
AUGUST 1914 - JUNE 1919.
J. T. MASONJ. E. MIDDLETONJ. T. BRADWELL
D. MULLINSR. L. HOWEJ. W. DERBYSHIRE
R. HOPWOODS. ALLCOCKH. J. BOAM
S. H. YATESH. BENNETTS. J. BYATTE
T. ALLCOCKW. BOOTHJ. H. BLACKBURN
T. SIDEBOTTOMP. HASSALLR. YATES
G. PEARSONE. H. TAYLORG. MORTEN
J. PEARSONG. L. JACKSONW. CROSSLAND
J. W. TURNERJ. A. TRASK
J. U. FERRISM. L. SALT
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."

Conflicts and people named:
ConflictFirst World War (1914-1919)Totals
Action or eventNot stated
Number died2828
Number served and returned 0 0
Total names2828
Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be the parochial church council.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Wormhill Parish Council, Chapel en le Frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Wormhill Parish Council; High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
c1919: The memorial was acquired and installed in The Church of the Holy Trinity at Peak Dale, probably on the south wall of the nave.

3rd August, 1919: The memorial was unveiled by Brig Gen G D Goodman, CB CMG DSO VD

17th April, 1951: The Church of St Margaret lies within the Peak District National Park created on this date.

21st April, 1967: The Church of St Margaret was listed Grade II*, Heritage List for England number 1087930.

Unknown date: The Church of St Margaret lies within the Wormhill and Hargatewall Conservation Area.

26th October, 2003: The church was closed.

2nd June, 2010: A notice on the door of Holy Trinity Church, Peak Dale, from the Minister and Church Wardens, indicated that they were applying to the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Derby for permission to ... move ... two wall mounted war memorials ... to Peak Dale Methodist Church. It is not known whether this was implemented, but Peak Dale Methodist Church closed in July 2014.

Unknown date: The memorial was placed in The Church of St Margaret of Antioch.

29th August, 2018: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.
References
Sheffield Daily Telegraph; 9th August,1919; p4 col6: a brief account of the unveiling ceremony.
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