Memorial Title
Dove Holes
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial cross at Dove Holes, Derbyshire.
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Locations
| Last known location: Roadside garden Hallsteads (A6) Dove Holes Chapel-en-le-Frith Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: SK17 8BJ NGR: SK 07587 77993 ±5m (Map opens in new window.) |
Location details: On the west side of the road. |
Type
| Overall type: Cross. |
Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. |
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| Description: A limestone wheel cross set in a small garden. The potent cross is octagonal in section and surmounts its own square plinth with bevelled top and underside. Below this a tapered octagonal pillar also has its own octagonal plinth with hollowed top. Below this an octagonal pedestal which originally bore the WW1 inscription and names on five of its faces, has the WW2 inscription and names on a sixth face, and the remaining two are blank. The pedestal also has an octagonal plinth with bevelled top and dates inscribed on two of its faces, and the whole surmounts an octagonal two-stepped base. The inscriptions and names are incised in upright capital roman lettering coloured black The monument is set in a small garden reached by steps from the adjacent footway and a high thick privet hedge borders the north, west and south boundaries, with beds containing flowers and shrubs and a path around the memorial. Glossary |
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Inscription
| 6 o'clock face of pedestal (WW1): | TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR |
7 o'clock face of pedestal (WW2): | E. CLAYTON B. EVANS A. MARCHINGTON J. V. NADIN T. H. SHIRT W. VERNON |
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| 6 o'clock face of plinth: | 1914 - 1918 | 7 o'clock face of plinth: | 1939 - 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 o'clock face of pedestal (WW1): | A.E. POTTS F. POTTS J. PORTER J. A. S. SPENCER J. J. SHEPHERD E. SHIRT A. B. WALLIS J. W. WATTS E. YATES |
10 o'clock face of pedestal (WW1): | G. KEYWORTH W. LOMAS G. NADIN G. F. P. NADIN J. E. NADIN V. A. NADIN J. NEWLANDS W. NEWLANDS H. OLDFIELD |
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| 12 o'clock face of pedestal (WW1): | C. FORD T. GARLICK T. GOATMAN J. W. HILL E. HOWE A. E. HOYLE D. JACKSON G. L. JACKSON P. KELCEY |
4 o'clock face of pedestal (WW1): | S. ALLCOCK T. ALLCOCK J. BOYLAN J. BRAMWELL G. E. COOPER H. DAKIN J. W. DERBYSHIRE H. FLETCHER J. H. FLETCHER |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW1: Chapel-en-le-frith Parish Council , Chapel-en-le-frith Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Chapel-en-le-frith Parish Council, High Peak Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
26th November, 1927: The memorial was unveiled and dedicated.
1940s: The WW2 names were added.
2001: A proposal to move the memorial away from the busy road was not pursued.
2002: The memorial was repaired, the cost being partly funded by a grant of £250 from the War Memorial Trust.
2003: The memorial was re-dedicated following the repair work.
19th April, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.
References
Manchester Evening News; 17th February 2007: an article about the village referred to the proposal to move the memorial.
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