Memorial Title
Chinley Independent Chapel
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a war memorial cross in the graveyard at Chinley Independent Chapel, Chapel Milton, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: Graveyard Chinley Independent Chapel The Wash Road Chapel Milton, Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: SK23 0QN NGR: SK 05554 81996 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: In the middle of the path, just to the east of the chapel. |
Type
| Overall type: Cross. | Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: A sandstone wheel cross on a pedestal and two-stepped base. The 6 o'clock face of the cross has a boss at the centre and intertwined strapwork on the four limbs, in the celtic or anglo-saxon style. Lower on the shaft is the date in relief and a garland of foliage and ribbons carved in relief. The oblong battered pedestal has a stepped top to the cross shaft and bears inscriptions on all faces incised in mainly upright capital roman lettering. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Cross shaft: | 1914 1919 |
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| 6 o'clock face of pedestal: | TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM CHINLEY CHAPEL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE OTHERS WHO SERVED AND WHOSE LIVES WERE MERCIFULLY SPARED ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR AND IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO SERVED. |
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| 9 o'clock face of pedestal: | GEORGE ROBINS ALFRED ARNOLD SIMPSON G. HARRY B. SIMPSON ARTHUR SIMPSON CHARLES THEYRE FRANK TOMLINSON GEORGE HENRY WATERHOUSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {1939 | ARTHUR KIRKHAM, DEREK LINGARD JOHN MARRIOTT, ARTHUR MORPUS |
1945} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 o'clock face of pedestal: | JAMES GREATOREX WILLIAM HAMER JAMES HAMER CHARLES PELL WILLIAM E. PEERS ALBERT E PEERS JAMES PEERS ALBERT RICHARDSON |
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| 3 o'clock face of pedestal: | JAMES RUEBEN BURT TOM BLEAKLEY HARRY DAKIN JAMES HERBERT EDWARDS RICHARD EVANS JOSEPH FORD ELISHA FORD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| {1939 | JOEL THOMAS BAMFORD, SAM BARBER RONALD HUNSTONE BURT |
1945} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Chinley Parish Council, Chapel en le Frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chinley, Buxworth & Brownside Parish Council, High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
Unknown date: The WW2 names were added.
15th July, 2019: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Anne Branson. It was in fair condition and cared for.
References
Shefield Daily Telegraph; 16th April, 1923; p3 col3: a very brief report of the unveiling ceremony.
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