Memorial Title

Ashford War Memorial Institute

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial institute at Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Ashford War Memorial
Institute
Church St (B6465)
Ashford in the Water
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE45 1QB

NGR:
SK 19711 69772
(From online digital mapping.)
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Location details:
The building is at the junction with Baslow Rd or New Rd.

Type

Overall type: Community Hall

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for.

Description:

A community hall constructed of timber, partly painted black and white and partly rendered, with a tile roof, timber windowframes and a stone to each side of the entrance door bearing inscriptions incised in upright capital letting. The hall is on a plot of land of about 0.13ha which is also laid out to car parking and a lawn. A cedar tree growing in the lawn was cut down and the standing trunk carved into a figure of a WW1 soldier with other parts carved into items of kit.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Land	-	c0.13ha	-	-	-
Hall	Timber, tile	c6000	c29000	c16000	Fair
Figure	Cedar wood	c2000	c700	c700	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Signboard fronting road:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action or event	Not stated
Number died	0	0
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	0	0

ASHFORD WAR MEMORIAL
INSTITUTE

Stone to left of door:

WAR MEMORIAL
INSTITUTE

Stone to right of door:

OPENED BY HIS GRACE
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE K.G.
SEPTEMBER 28TH 1929.

Administration

Custodian: Trustees of Ashford Memorial Hall Institute

Local authorities:
From WW1: Ashford Parish Council; Bakewell Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ashford in the Water Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

c1920s: The site was donated by His Grace Victor Cavendish, KG, GCVO, GCVO, PC, 9th Duke of Devonshire.

c1929: The hall was constructed at a cost of £1700 in 1929, the funding raised by local contributions.

28th September, 1929: The hall was opened by His Grace Victor Cavendish KG GCVO GCVO TD PC, 9th Duke of Devonshire.

17th April, 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.

12th February, 2014: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson. It was in fair condition and well cared for.

2016: A grant of £1,660 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards a Professional Advice Grant regarding the replacement of the windows with double glazing.

2017: A grant of £26,370 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards repair and reinstatement of timber windows and doors using traditional joinery methods to match the existing as closely as possible but incorporating double glazing in some of the windows.

c2018: A cedar tree growing in front of the hall was cut down and the trunk carved into a figure of a WW1 soldier with his kit.

20th June, 2019: The carved figure was photographed by Roy Branson.

References

Nottingham Evening Post; 30th September 1929; p5 col3: a brief report of the opening ceremony.

Derby Evening Telegraph; 30th September 1929; p9 col4: a brief report of the opening ceremony.

Comments

Some documents suggest that the institute was opened in 1932 by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) but his visit on 2nd June that year is now known to have been to meet those involved in a lead mining accident.

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