Memorial Title

Wensley Methodist Church

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial tablet for Wensley Methodist Church now in the Reading Room, Wensley, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location: The Reading Room Main Rd (B5057) Wensley Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE4 2LH NGR: SK 26213 61088 ±5m (Map opens in new window.)	Location details: On the wall inside the porch at the main entrance.

Previous location: Wensley Methodist Church (Redundant) Main Rd (B5057) Wensley Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE4 2LH NGR: SK 25246 53432 (From online digital mapping.) (Map opens in new window.)	Location details: The former church is now a residential property.

Type

Overall type: Tablet.

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

Description:

An oblong, mottled, white marble tablet with rebated borders and an incised inscription in upright capital roman lettering coloured black. When originally located in the church it was on a stone backboard and flanked by pilasters, with a wreath above. After removal to the Reading Room the tablet was accompanied by a small supplementary tablet recording details of the move.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Tablet	White marble	c900	c540	c40	Fair
Supplementary tablet	White marble	c200	c200	c20	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Tablet:

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Unspecified
Number died	23	23
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	23	23

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF SOUTH DARLEY WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

WILLIAM ALLEN
GEORGE DERBYSHIRE
JOHN POTTER
SAMUEL RILEY
BERTIE BISHTON
B. G. DAVIE
ANTHONY SPENCER
FRANCIS FLINT
ROBERT HODGKINSON
SAMUEL FROST
FRANK SLACK
THOMAS WALTERS
ARTHUR BOAM
HARRY STEWARDSON
JOHN A. BECKETT
ROBERT DAWSON
WILLIAM HOLMES
GEORGE BAILEY
CYRIL PETTS
ERNEST CHELL
JOHN C. KNOWLES
GEORGE BONSALL
FRED STONE

MAY THEIR REWARD BE AS GREAT
AS THEIR SACRIFICE

Supplementary tablet:

THIS MONUMENT
WAS COMMISSIONED
BY WALTER WRIGHT
OF WENSLEY AND
WAS PLACED IN
THE FORMER
WENSLEY METHODIST
CHAPEL
IT WAS MOVED HERE
IN OCTOBER 2011

Administration

Custodian: Believed to be the directors of the Wensley And South Darley Reading Room, registered charity number 1000902

Local authorities:
From WW1: Wensley and Snitterton Parish Council; South Darley Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From WW2: Wensley and Snitterton Parish Council; Matlock Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: South Darley Parish Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

c1920s: The memorial was commissioned by Walter Wright and erected in the former Methodist Church.

c2010: The church closed and the memorial was subsequently removed.

October, 2011: The memorial was erected in the porch of the reading room.

19th September, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for. The inscriptions were transcribed by Annette Carter.

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