Memorial
St Mary And St Cuthbert Priory Church - WW1 Lady Chapel Restoration
Current Location
St Mary and St Cuthbert Priory Church, Cheapside, Worksop, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, S80 2HX, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 590 789
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
- WMR Reference Number
- 27175
- Description
- Restoration of derelict Lady Chapel; stone tablet with four lancet panels; oak board with coat of arms at the head and names in ten panels.
- Inscription
- Tablet panel 1: THIS CHAPEL OF OUR LADY/ WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY PART/ OF THE 13TH CENTURY/ BY MAUD LADY FURNIVAL/ WIFE OF GIRARD,/ FIRST LORD OF FURNIVAL./ IT WAS CLOSED FOR DIVINE/ WORSHIP BY ORDER OF THE/ COMMISSIONERS/ OF KING HENRY VIII/ AT THE DISSOLUTION/ OF THE ABBEY ON THE Tablet panel 2: 15TH DAY OF NOVEMBER IN/ THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1539,/ THOMAS STOKES BEING/ PRIOR. FOR SOME TIME/ IT WAS USED AS A BURYING/ PLACE FOR THE OLD FAMILIES/ IN THE DISTRICT, AND WAS/ THEN SUFFERED TO FALL/ INTO RUIN AND DECAY./ IT WAS SAVED FROM/ TOTAL DESTRUCTION/ BY THE REVEREND Tablet panel 3: JAMES APPLETON/ WHO BECAME VICAR/ IN THE YEAR 1847./ AFTER THE LAPSE OF/ NEARLY FOUR CENTURIES/ IT WAS RESTORED FOR/ THE WORSHIP OF GOD AND/ IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE PARISH/ OF WORKSOP WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918 Tablet panel 4: IT WAS CONSECRATED BY/ EDWIN LORD BISHOP OF/ SOUTHWELL ON THE 20TH DAY/ OF JULY 1922/ G. J. D'ARCY CANON OF/ SOUTHWELL BEING VICAR/ HENRY SEVENTH DUKE/ OF NEWCASTLE AND/ SYDNEY PENNINGTON/ BEING WARDENS/ AND J. P. FORREST BEING ACTING WARDEN. Board: THIS CHAPEL HAS BEEN RESTORED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE OLD PARISH OF WORKSOP WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names) (Exact wording not known)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 456
- Died
- 456
- Information shown
- surname,rank,regiment,decorations
- Order of names
- regiment,surname
- Additional Information
- Details of name list not known/partially known
- Sponsor Type
- public
Ceremonies
Dedicated
20 July 1922
Bishop of Southwell
Components
- Chapel
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Tablet
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Board
Height: 2500mm
Width: 3550mm
Made from: Wood - Oak
Condition: Good
- The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 323-4/ 1946 Nottinghamshire volume