Derwent Woodlands

Memorial
Title

Derwent Woodlands

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Locations

Last known location:
Roadside
Western Access Road
Derwent
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
S33 0AQ

NGR:
SK 18262 88300
(From online digital mapping)

Location details:
On the southwestern side of the un-named western access road to Derwent and Howden Dams, about 2km north of the junction with Snake Pass or Snake Rd (A57).

Previous location:
Roadside
Un-named road
Derwent
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
S33 0AQ

NGR:
SK 18395 88500
(From online digital mapping)

Location details:
It is believed that the memorial was located near the school at the southern end of the village, on the southeastern side of the junction of the road leading through the village and the lane towards Derwent Hall. It was sited behind a stone wall on a bank. The memorial was dismantled prior to the flooding of the village to create the Ladybower Reservoir about 1940, and was subsequently reconstructed on its new site overlooking the former village.

Type

Overall type: Cross

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

Originally a coarsely dressed sandstone wheel cross on a battered square pedestal with dressed arisses. The inscription panel on the cross shaft, and the name panel on the pedestal, have incised upright capital lettering coloured black.

When relocated the base was replaced by three sandstone steps, dressed on the upper surfaces but roughly dressed at the sides, and surrounded by stone and gravel paving and an ashlar sandstone wall with wrought iron gate.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Cross	Sandstone	2460	800	330	Good
Pedestal	Sandstone	860	750	750	Good
Base	Sandstone	610	2000	2000	Good
Paving	Stone, gravel	-	-	-	Good
Wall	Sandstone	1330	7000	7500	Good
Gate	Wrought iron	1150	910	-	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

6 o’clock face of cross shaft:	IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF DERWENT- WOODLANDS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
6 o’clock face of pedestal:	P^TE. GEORGE COTTRILL K.R.R. P^TE. ARTHUR DAKIN NOTTS & DERBY R^EGT. C^ORPL. GEORGE DUNN YORK & LANCS R^EGT. P^TE. WILFRED EYRE YORK & LANCS R^EGT. P^TE. WALTER HEATHCOTE YORK & LANCS R^EGT. G^DS. DAVID KENNEDY GRENADIER GUARDS. P^TE. JASON PRIESTLEY NOTTS & DERBY R^EGT. G^DS. GREGORY THORP GRENADIER GUARDS. P^TE. JOHN WILSON NOTTS & DERBY R^EGT. D^RV. JOHN JOSEPH THORP R.F.A.

Conflicts and people commemorated
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	10
Number served and returned	0
Total names	10

Administration

Custodian:
The memorial lies within the catchment of the Ladybower Reservoir, owned by Severn Trent Water Ltd.

Local Authorities:
In the original location, after WW1: Derwent Parish Council; Chapel en le Frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council
In the new location, after WW2: Hope Woodlands Parish Council; Chapel en le Frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council
Since 1974: Hope Woodlands Parish Council; High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

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

17th May, 2010: Surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot.

References

Silent Valley, Vic Hallam, Sheaf Publishing, 1989, ISBN 0950545899, contains an account of the construction of Ladybower Dam, the flooding of Derwent and Ashopton villages and includes, on p20, a photograph of the memorial in its original location.

The Flickr web page contains a photograph of the memorial in its original location.

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