Memorial Title
Church of the Holy Trinity - WW2
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 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.
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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.) (Map opens in new window.) |
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 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: Wall-mounted. |
Type
| Overall type: Tablet. | Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A lightly mottled white marble tablet with a triangular arch top. At the head is an incised motif of a hollow latin cross within a laurel wreath, all painted black. Below is the inscription with names in two columns, all incised in upright capital roman and block lettering painted black. Glossary |
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Inscription
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD, | |
| AND | |
| IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF | |
| THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM IN | |
| THE GREAT WAR II. | |
| 1939 - 1945. | |
| A. C. BEVERLEY | G. COOK |
| J. C. BRITTAIN | R. T. GREGORY |
| R. G. BAGSHAW | H. JACKSON |
| E. JARVIS | |
| "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT | |
| A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." | |
| Conflicts and people named: | ||
| Conflict | Second World War (1939-1945) | Totals |
| Action or event | Not stated | |
| Number died | 7 | 7 |
| Number served and returned | 0 | 0 |
| Total names | 7 | 7 |
Administration
Local authorities:
From WW2: 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
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.
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