Memorial Title
Matlock Primitive Methodist Church and
Sunday School - Tablet (Lost)
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet formerly at Matlock Primitive Methodist Church, Derbyshire but now believed lost.
Can you tell us what happened to this memorial?.
Images
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Locations
| Last known location: Former Matlock Primitive Methodist Church Bank Rd Matlock Bank Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: DE4 3GL NGR: SK 30141 60611 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: The redundant church was converted to private apartments about 2015 and is now private property with no access available. The location of the tablet is not known. |
Type
| Overall type: Tablet. | Overall condition: Lost.
Can you tell us what happened to this memorial?. |
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| Description: A tablet of unknown form or style, now believed lost. Glossary |
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Inscription
| Erected in grateful memory of the 28 brave men of this church and Sunday school who gave their lives in the great war, 1914-1919. John Allen, Samuel Boden, Samuel Carline, Lubin Derbyshire, Wilfred Eakin, Samuel Frost, Frederick Hawley, Albert F Wall Holmes, John Anthony Holmes, William Holmes, Sydney Lill, John J B Muir, Haslam Sellors, Ernest Simpson, Elston J Slater, John J Slater, William Smith, Ernest Taylor, Joseph Toplis, Louis Wall, John Charles Wilgoose, Ernest Henry Wildgoose, Norman Wildgoose, Charles William Woolley, James Henry Woodhouse, Roy Woodhouse, Walter H Woodiwiss, Harold Wragg. [Text style, layout and line spacing not known.] |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Matlock Parish Council, Matlock Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Matlock Town Council, Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History and Conservation
c1968: The church is reported to have closed.
1986: The Matlock Bank Conservation Area was first designated. The building lies within it.
c2014: The church was sold for conversion to residential accomodation.
20th February, 2016: The church had been gutted prior to conversion to apartments.
2019: Discussions amongst former members of the church revealed uncertainty over the whereabouts of the memorial or whether it had ever been installed.
References
Piper, Alan; Pers Comm; several emails in September 2019 regarding the former church and its memorials.
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