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    Memorial

    Chinley with Bugsworth/ Buxworth Parishioners (Cross)

    Bugsworth/ Buxworth WW1 Cross, with St James Church in background.

    Source: J Kingsland (WMO 250358)

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    Current Location

    (South-east of the church, just inside the gates), St James Churchyard, New Road, Buxworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 7NH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SK 02159 82176

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    53167
    Description
    Latin Cross with tapering octagonal shaft, on a four-sided pedestal, and an associated square bronze plaque attached to adjacent wall. The Latin cross has a Christograph in shield at its centre; the pedestal has canted upper corners and a chamfered upper edge, the 6 o'clock face is inscribed in relief-carved upright capitals. The associated plaque has a raised bead-and-reel border, and is inscribed in relief-cast upright capital Roman letters on a stippled ground. [N.B. The village name was formerly 'Bugsworth'; in 1930 the spelling was amended to 'Buxworth']
    Inscription
    [Cross pedestal]: 1914-1919/ IN MEMORIAM [Plaque]: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF THESE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Died
    43
    Information shown
    Initials and surname
    Order of names
    Listed alphabetically by surname, in three columns.
    Maintenance History
    28th March 2019: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot (of Derbyshire War Memorials), who assessed it as being 'in fair condition and cared for'.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    4 November 1920

    Unveiled by Brigadier General Godfrey D Goodman CMG VD (sometime officer commanding 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment).

    Dedicated

    4 November 1920

    Dedicated by the Right Reverend Charles T Abraham, Bishop Suffragan of Derby.

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2730mm

    Width: 700mm

    Depth: 250mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Pedestal

    Height: 450mm

    Width: 680mm

    Depth: 680mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Height: 1465mm

    Width: c300mm

    Depth: 5000mm


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Plaque

    Height: 605mm

    Width: 605mm

    Depth: 200mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    250358

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • https://derbyshirewarmemorials.com/hpeak/53167/53167.html - accessed 23 March 2022
    • Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Monday 6 December 1920 (page 3) reported: 'Crowds assembled at Bugsworth on Saturday to witness the dedication and unveiling, by the Bishop of Southwell, of a handsome memorial cross to the men of the parish of Chinley-with-Bugsworth, who fell 'in the war, which has been erected in the parish churchyard'.
    • https://wargravesandmemorials.blogspot.com/2018/09/buxworth-stjames-memorial-graveyard.html
    • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/250358/