Memorial

St Mary The Virgins Church - Cross

Source: Copyright Nigel Aspdin, Derby, UK

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Current Location

On the northern boundary, facing the road., St Mary the Virgins Churchyard, Church Street, Denby, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, DE5 8PH, England

SK 39865 46498

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 57128
Description: A limestone wheel cross on a stepped and battered rectangular stone pedestal and rectangular base, with additional stone tablets at each of the four faces of the base. The cross itself is a reproduction, on a slightly smaller scale, of St. Martin's Cross, lona, except that the back or west face is plain. The carving on the front or east side is the same as on the east face of St. Martin's Cross. The 6 o'clock face of the cross decorated with carved celtic knotwork and flowers. The original inscription on the pedestal and 6 o'clock tablet is in upright cavo relievo capital block lettering and is now weathered and largely illegible. The tablets on the other three faces provide duplicate replacement inscriptions incised in capital block lettering.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face of pedestal: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF DENBY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 4 1914 - JUNE 28 1919/ (Names) Tablet on 6 o'clock face: THESE ALSO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Tablet on 9 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF DENBY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 4TH 1914 - JUNE 28TH 1919/ (Names) Tablet on 12 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF DENBY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 4TH 1914 - JUNE 28TH 1919/ (Names) Tablet on 3 o'clock face: THESE ALSO FELL IN THE SECOND GREAT WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

Maker(s): W. E. Lomas of Derby, Makers
Maintenance History: September 2008: Sponsorship enabled more comprehensive renovation to be implemented. Three additional tablets were provided to duplicate the illegible original inscriptions. July 2008: Original inscriptions had become heavily eroded and illegible. The church obtained a grant for the renovation of the inscriptions but work had not yet begun. 20 January 1986: The memorial was listed Grade II, Heritage List for England reference 1109130.