Matlock Congregational Church (LOST)


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Reference WMO/293887

Address:

Life Church

29 Chesterfield Road

Matlock Bank

DE4 3DQ

England

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Status: Destroyed
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A rose window accompanied by a wooden board bearing an inscription and names. No details are known of the design of the window but a contemporary press report stated that it bore an inscription (quoted below). The carved oaken board is reported to have been set into the dado panelling below the window, although its inscription suggests that it may have been elsewhere in the church. It had intricate geometrical designs with diagonal mouldings surrounding panels of various shapes. Towards the head a circle contained a cinquefoil panel containing carved ivy leaves and bearing an inscription in upright capital block lettering (quoted below). Below that at least two arches contained possible quatrefoil panels probably bearing the WW1 names. It is likely that additional panels containing WW2 names were added below. The Congregational Church was at the corner of Chesterfield Road and Turnpike Close. On 23 August 1969 the roof was destroyed by fire and the building rendered unuseable- the window was lost when the Church was demolished later in 1969. Worship moved to the adjacent Sunday School building, and they later became United Reformed. In November 1990 the Congregation moved to Trinity Church on Oak Road but left the board behind. It is understood to have been cut up in 1991. In 2020 the building was occupied by The Lifeworks Hub and in late 2022 is Life Church. The remains of the memorial were last known to have been in the lobby.
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Window: Conflicts and people named: Conflict First World War (1914-1919) Second World War (1939-1945) Totals Action or event Not stated Not stated Number died 8 * * Number served and returned 0 0 0 Total names 8 * * * indicates that the details are not known. This rose window was given by their returned comrades-in-arms as a tribute to the memory of E. Andrews, S H. Andrews, O. Flint, G. Hall, J. Margerrison, A. Toplis, A. Whittaker, and T. Wilson, who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919. They followed in His train. [Style and line spacing not known. See Comments section below regarding this inscription.] Board: THE ROSE WINDOW IN THE CHANCEL WAS GIVEN BY THEIR RETURNED COMRADES-IN-ARMS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF [No further details known. See Comments section below regarding this inscription.]

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