Memorial Title

Marsh Lane

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 and WW2 war memorial comprising a stone pillar surmounted by a cross at Marsh Lane, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
Roadside
Main Rd (B6056)
Marsh Lane
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
S21 5RH

NGR:
SK 40631 79203 ±5m

Location details:
The site is at the junction with Ford Rd.

Type

Overall type: Pillar.

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A complex ashlar stone monument, the overall characteristic of which is a pillar.

The upper half of the structure comprises a v-grooved column with splayed foot and surmounted by an octagonal tiered candle-snuffer cap and monolithic flory cross.

The lower part is an octagonal pedestal on a double plinth surmounting an octagonal three-stepped base. The faces of the pedestal bear the inscriptions in upright capital block letterings, the headings in relief and the names incised.

The whole lies within a paved area in an enclosure mainly laid to lawn and surrounded by a stone wall and metal railings.

(The three-stepped base is described as Peasenhall Blue Stone and is believed to have been a form of sandstone from the Ashover Quarries.)

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Three- stepped base	Sandstone ashlar	820	3400	3400	Fair
Lower plinth	Gritstone ashlar	305	1350	1350	Fair
Upper plinth	Gritstone ashlar	220	1050	1050	Fair
Pedestal	Gritstone ashlar	1150	-	-	Fair
Column	Gritstone ashlar	1800	900	90-	Fair
Cap	Gritstone ashlar	1000	1050	1050	Fair
Cross	Gritstone	850	550	150	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

WW1 Names:

9 o'clock face:

6 o'clock face:

3 o'clock face:

SACRIFICE
ALBERT NEEDHAM
GEORGE PICKERING
HUBERT MORLEY
BERNARD SEATON
BERNARD MILLINGTON
RUSSELL SHAW
WILLIE A. SHAW
WILLIAM WARING

1914-19
SIDNEY PEARSON
EDGAR NIGHTINGALE
ALBERT CARTER
ALBERT CARDING
HARRY SHAW
GEORGE A. DEFFLEY
JOSEPH A. ROGERS
HAROLD PEARSON

REMEMBER
JOSEPH TURNER
FRANK BROWN
ERNEST HOPKINSON
FRED'K A. MARPLES
JOSEPH BAILEY
JOSEPH MAILE
GEORGE SHAW

WW2 names:

5 o'clock face:

1939 1945
ALLAN BOOTH
SYDNEY BOWN
JACK SAVAGE
FRANK SALES
LESLIE SMITH
GEORGE TURNER

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Second World War (1939-1945)
Number died	23	6
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	23	6

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be Eckington Parish Council

Local authorities:
From WW1: Eckington Parish Council; Chesterfield Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council
From 1974: Eckington Parish Council; North East Derbyshire District Council; Derbyshire County Council

History

Early 1919: The land was donated by Messrs Chandler and Sons, owners of Marsh Lane Colliery, and it was designed by Sir George Nicholson MA, consulting architect to Lincoln Minster and Surveyor to Wells Cathedral.

9th August, 1919: Foundation stones were laid by Joseph Marriott, Thomas Greensmith, J Jermyn Hutton, Edwin Peat and William Alan Fox presided over by Rev J A Godfrey of Ridgeway.

Late 1919: Construction was carried out by John Turner of Marsh Lane and supervised by Capt Archer of Ridgeway for Messrs Holmes and Son, architects of Sheffield. The stone, and its transportation, were also donated by Messrs Chandler and Sons, owners of Marsh Lane Colliery

1st November, 1919: The memorial was unveiled by Mrs J J Hutton of the Newlands, Ridgeway at a service conducted by Rev J A Godfrey. The deeds for the site were presented to Mr T Butler, Chairman of Eckington Parish Council by the Chairman of the Memorial Committee.

4th May 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition.

References

Derbyshire Courier; 16th August, 1919, p1: a report of the foundation laying ceremony.

Derbyshire Courier; 8th November, 1919, p1: a report of the unveiling ceremony.

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