Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fittings
- District
- Blackburn
- Town
- Darwen
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42310
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Current location
Left Side of Main Altar. This Church was formerly known as Holy Trinity until St Peter's Church was formed by merger of 3 parishes in the 1970's
St Peter's Church
Bank Street
Darwen
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB3 3HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 69435 22225
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHIMING APPLIANCE WITH DEDICATORY CARVED WOODEN BOARD. The chimes are 4 bells and this is their description from the National Chimes Register- Flat tops; hung dead along an RSJ, each from two C-shaped springs, with clock hammers; only tenor has Ellacombe hammer as well. Clock by Smiths with electric winding by Potts 1974. Bells replace an 8' tubular bell installed in April 1910.
- Inscription
- 1939 - 1945/ ERECTED IN/ AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/ AND PARISH/ WHO SERVED AND DIED IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ AND ALSO TO RECORD THE/ INSTALLATION OF THE CHIMING APPLIANCE/ IN THE TOWER AS A FURTHER MEMORIAL
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 750mm, width 750mm
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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