
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Addition to gravestone
- District
- Bolsover
- Town
- Whaley Thorns
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- LOCAL CRAFTSMAN (Mason)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 60498
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Current location
Northeast of the church
St Lukes Churchyard
Portland Rd
Whaley Thorns
Bolsover
Derbyshire
NG20 9HB
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 532 711
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An upright, oblong, limestone headstone and chamfered base on a family grave. The stone is nowy headed with rebated and chamfered sides and has a Christograph in a foliated oval in relief at the head. A horizontal foliated frieze runs through the oval and a narrow incised border drops from it on both sides. The inscription is inlaid in mixed styles of lettering.
- Inscription
- IHS/ In Loving Memory of/ JOHN SHAW STEAD,/ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ OCTOBER 10TH. 1923,/ IN HIS 77TH. YEAR./ Also/ FRED STEAD,/ SON OF THE ABOVE,/ KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR/ OCTOBER 9TH. 1918,/ IN HIS 25TH. YEAR./ "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE."/ Also ANNIE,/ BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE,/ DIED MAY 24TH. 1934,/ AGED 77 YEARS./ "REST IN PEACE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gravestone
Measurements: depth 80mm, height 1275mm, width 655mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone - Base
Measurements: depth 230mm, height 410mm, width 760mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Gravestone
- 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
- History
- The churchyard falls within an Article 4 Conservation Restriction Direction.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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