Memorial

Hope, Aston, Thornhill, Brough, Shatton, Offerton And Highlow

Memorial Insitu

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Current Location

Road island, Sherwood Ave At Junction With Castleton Rd And Station Rd (a6187), Hope, High Peak, Derbyshire, S33 6RQ, England

SK 17344 83447

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 14279
Description: A large sandstone ashlar pillar with stepped top, slightly resembling a cenotaph but without any representation of a tomb. The 6 o'clock face has a carved wreath at the head, a projecting shelf with cornice, and an egg and dart frieze above the inscription in raised capital block lettering. The two sides have projecting faces and all four sides bear stone tablets with the inscriptions and names in incised upright capital Roman lettering. The pillar rests on a two stepped stone base on a raised triangular platform with stone faced walls and copings and a stepped access at the 6 o'clock face. Two rectangular stone vases, each with a wreath in relief, are placed on the stepped base.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face of pillar: PRO PATRIA Upper tablet on 6 o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS/ OF/ HOPE ASTON/ THORNHILL/ BROUGH & SHATTON/ AS A MARK OF/ GRATITUDE TO/ THE MEN WHO SERVED/ IN H M FORCES IN THE/ EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1918/ THESE LOST THEIR LIVES/ (Names) Middle tablet on 6 o'clock face: (Names) Lower tablet on 6 o'clock face: WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ (Names) Tablets on 3 and 9 o'clock faces: HOPE/ (Names) Tablet on 12 o'clock face: ASTON/ (Names)/ BROUGH AND/ SHATTON/ (Names)/ THORNHILL/ (Names)

Maintenance History: June 2010: The tablet on the 9 o'clock face has some spalling. 24 September 1984: Memorial listed Grade II for its group value only. English Heritage reference 82535. The memorial lies within the Hope Conservation Area, an area of Article 4 Conservation Restriction, and the Peak District National Park.