St George's Church

Memorial
Title

St George's Church - Window

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Locations

Last known location:
St George's Church
Church La
Ticknall
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE73 7JU

NGR:
SK 35134 24104
(From online digital mapping)

Location details:
In the north wall of the north aisle.

Type

Overall type: Window

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A three light stained glass window accompanied by a stone tablet. The three lancet lights each have ogee heads and there are six small vertical panes of tracery above containing depictions of red flowers with green foliage. The left light portrays an angel with red wings and playing a plucked stringed instrument. Above the angel is a banner with the inscription GRAZIA. DEO. QUI. and below are flowers and the beginning of the inscription which extends over all three lights. The centre light has an angel with blue wings, holding palm leaves and standing in front of a wooden cross. The right light has an angel with red wings playing a pipe and above is a banner with the inscription DEDIT VICTORIA.

On the wall below the cill is a grey limestone tablet with a plain border surrounding an incised inscription in black upright capital roman lettering.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Window	Stained glass	c4020	1770	-	Good
Tablet	Limestone	510	715	60	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Along the lower edge of the three lights:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
CAPTAIN.A.M.SENIOR A.JAMES J.MARRIOTT R.DEXTER W.WOODWARD W.H.BLOOR G.H.GEE E PARKES J. HOLT
W.HYDE A.SMITH J.W.JONES H.BATES J.HYDE S.WOODWARD A.BANTON D.APLIN H.CARTLIDGE G.H.MARRIOTT.

Tablet:

ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN WHO FELL
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
LEONARD DECAMPS GEORGE J. DRAPER
WILLIAM A. DRAPER PHILLIP HARRISON
DONALD A. MARRIOTT HAROLD SOAR
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Conflicts and people named
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)
Number died	19	6
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	19	6

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Parochial Church Council.

Local authorities:
After WW1: Ticknall Parish Council; Hartshorne and Seals Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
After WW2: Ticknall Parish Council; Repton Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ticknall Parish Council; South Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

c1922: Made by William Morris & Co

25th April, 1922: The window was unveiled by Mrs Senior and dedicated by The Ven Archdeacon Noakes.

17th November, 1972: The church lies in the Ticknall Conservation Area first designated on that date.

16th January, 1987: The church was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England reference 1334583. The window is mentioned in the listing description.

30th January, 2015: Record compiled from information supplied by Celia Bunston of Ticknall Parish Council.

19th May. 2015: Surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.

References

Derby Telegraph: 27th April, 1922; p3 col 4; An account of the unveiling and dedication ceremony for the window.

Pevsner, Nicolaus, revised by Williamson, Elizabeth; Derbyshire (in the Buildings of England series); Penguin Books 1998; ISBN 0140710086; p341. The window is described as being by Morris & Co in 1922.

Programme of Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of WW1, Ticknall Parish Council, 2014.

Comments

A flag is mounted on the wall to the right of the window but it is not known if it forms part of the memorial.