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War Memorials and Information Boards - Tansley, Derbyshire

Tansley WW1 (Photograph of WWI Memorial)

THE MEN WERE A WALL UNTO US BY NIGHT AND DAY. 15AM 25.16

Tansley WW2 (Photo of WWII Memorial)

There are the following Information boards inside Holy Trinity Church, Tansley.

Board on the gallery of Tansley Church (Photograph of Board)
(seen as a dark rectangle on the left side of the gallery in the photo)

Black background with gold lettering, reads -
Mrs. EDWARD RADFORD, the wife of EDWARD
RADFORD, Esquire, of Tansley Wood, the
Founder of this Church, caused a piece of
land situated in this Parish & containing
nearly Six Acres & a half, being parcel of
the allotment numbered 149 on the enclosure
award of Tansley, to be conveyed by an Indenture
dated the fifteenth day of August 1867, and
enrolled in the Court of Chancery on the
following day to uses for the maintenance,
support, or benefit of the National School
established in this Parish.

Plaque on the wall of Tansley Church near the font (no photo)

This font came originally from
St. James' Church, Derwent
now submerged beneath
the Ladybower Reservoir.
It was given by Henry Balguy
in 1672 and was placed
in this Church in 1978

Memorial Tablet on wall for Samuel Holmes (Photograph of Memorial Tablet)

THIS TABLET
WAS ERECTED BY
THE PARISHIONERS OF TANSLEY
IN MEMORY OF
SAMUEL HOLMES
WHO DIED OCT 6th 1898
AGED 69 YEARS
HAVING FAITHFULLY DISCHARGED THE DUTIES
OF SEXTON IN THIS PARISH FOR 42 YEARS
"ASLEEP IN JESUS"

Credits

A copy of Janet's transcription, with biographical details compiled by Martin Edwards, is available in his Roll of Honour - Derbyshire War Memorials collection.

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