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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Town
- Ashford In The Water
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 28 September 1929
Attended by: DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
Ashford War Memorial Institute
Betty La (b6465) At The Junction With Baslow Rd Or New Rd
Ashford In The Water
Derbyshire Dales
Derbyshire
DE45 1PZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 197 697
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A brick and tile village community hall.
- Inscription
- Board at roadside: ASHFORD WAR MEMORIAL/ INSTITUTE Stone to left of entrance: WAR MEMORIAL/ INSTITUTE. Stone to right of entrance: OPENED BY HIS GRACE/ THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE K.G./ SEPTEMBER 28TH 1929.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: depth -, height -, width -
Materials: Brick, Ceramic
- Hall
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Ashford War Memorial Institute
- WMO ID: 219661
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-02-2018]
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- History
- 17 April 1951: The memorial lies within the Peak District National Park designated on that date.
- Costs
Comments: The site was donated by the Duke of Devonshire.
Memorial: £1700 in 1929- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Derby Daily Telegraph 9/ 30 September 1929 A brief report of the opening ceremony.
- Nottingham Evening Post 5/ 30 September 1929 A brief report of the opening ceremony.
- Midlands Heritage Forum The page has photographs of the hall and inscriptions. www.midlandsheritage.co.uk/war-memorials/7146-ashford-water.html
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