Hornby

This was a fleeting visit, but I found the cross, photographed  a couple of interesting things as well as the cross and the inscriptions.
Here they are:

The Cross at Hornby by the roadside

RE-ERECTED IN 1920
TO THE HEROES OF
THE PARISH OF HORNBY
WHO DIED FOR US IN
THE GREAT WAR

IRVING ALDERSON
(Edmund Irving Alderson-
The link goes to the Commonwealth Graves Website
b. 4th August 1885 - d. 18 September 1916)
FRED ALDERSON
(There is an elder brother to Irving Alderson, but no solid evidence to confirm this.)
HAROLD SLINGER
(Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (incl. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps
d. 12 October 1917)

IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF HORNBY
WHO FELL IN THE
1939 - 45 WAR

GEOFFREY TASMAN BARKER L.M.
(Merchant Navy- d. 15 September 1940
SS Kenardoc)
FRANCIS BRUNDRIT RICHARDSON   M.C.
(26 Station Road, Hornby)

The cross is opposite the Parish Church.
It was moved to its present position

Dr John Lingard

Dr John Lingard
Catholic priest and historian
1811 1851
The reference above tells of an interesting story.

The Parish Church of St Margaret

The entrance to part of the Roman Catholic buildings.

\\\\\\\the cross doubles as a bus stop!

Great cherry tree and also a bus shelter.
The house of John Lingard is behind

This is no 589 on the War Memorials Archive.

Thornton-le Dale

Thornton-le-Dale can trace its history back to Neolithic times. A brief history can be found here. But it is a village that does appear to have a timelessness about it. We stayed at a local campsite and visited the village to sightsee. The memorial to the fallen is placed as a tablet on the local institute. It seems more of a statement rather than a place to reflect on past lives.

Panorama of the village, the Institute is on the far left of the picture,
just before the church. The village green to the right has the cross and the stocks there.
The stream to the left runs down the side of the road on the way out of the village on the left. There is a one-way system in place designed to bamboozle the unwary. The Pickering road is straight on and then to the left.There are a couple of panoramas here.

This is the institute with the clock. There is an inscription above the clock
and below a list of the fallen.

BUILT
BY
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
THORNTON-DALE
INSTITUTE
ERECTED
AS A MEMORIAL TO
JOHN RICHARD HILL
OF
THORNTON MILL
IN
QUEEN VICTORIA'S
DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR
1897

The inscription is below:

PRO

PATRIA

1914-1918      1939-1945

TO THE MEMORY AND

HONOUR OF THOSE WHO 

GAVE UP THEIR LIVES THAT

WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM

1914-1919

S. ARMSTRONG

J. T. BREWSTER

T. CHARLES

B. CLUBLEY

H. COULSON

M. DENNISON

G. ELLIOT

A.R. GARBUTT

G. W. GRAYSON

E. HILL

Rd. HILL

R. HILL

W. H. HILL

J. E. JOBSON

J. McFADDEN

J. W. MYERS

F. PICKERING

H. REX

H. H. REVELEY

G. R. ROGER

T. N. SMITHIES

E. R. STRANGEWAYS

J. R. WALLER

J. R. WEBSTER

W. WHITE

F. B. WOOLFE

1939 - 1945

W. J. BARNES

A. R. CROFT

J. DUNNING

T. E. GRAYSON

H. HILL

T. MYERS

W. E. STOREY

P. WATSON

G. WHITE

A. T. WILKINSON

"Let those who come after see to it,
that their names be not forgotten"

Another view of the memorial tablet

The Market Cross

The stocks in front of the Market Cross

An embroidered map of the Parish of
Thornton-le-Dale which I photographed
hanging in a hall opposite the Motor Museum

I have copied this from the Thornton-le Dale Website
to show the changes that have occurred

The local website is informative interesting interesting and best of all up to date! (got some great photography!)

I managed to visit the local car museum and auction rooms. It wasn't open but I got some great shots of cars that were on the forecourt of the garage. Restoration was going on!

The reference on the War Memorials Archive is 30858

Turn off the A58 and go to WADDINGTON!

Waddington is indeed a pretty village and deserves to be visited just for that reason.
However I knew that there was a memorial there. These are the photos and the inscriptions. Waddington Hall has an interesting history. This is not to be confused with the village of Waddington in Lincolnshire which I am sure is just as lovely.

The War Memorial

Closer Still, Celtic cross

Close up of the base,
The inscription is below

 THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THIS VILLAGE,

IN MEMORY OF THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

GEORGE BANNISTER

ALBERT HERD

JOSEPH JACKSON M.M.

ROBERT ROSS

JAMES HANSON M.M.

FRED BROWN

ARTHUR STONES

ROBERT STEWART

ROY BLACK

RICHARD BROTHERTON

ALBERT CHESTER

ENGRAVED BELOW ARE THE NAMES OF

THOSE WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

DAVID WALTER JACKSON.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

JOHN NOEL WADDINGTON

JOHN HOYLE WHALLEY

View from the memorial to the church

Similar to the above view, but a little further along the path

I WILL RAISE UP HIS RUINS AND
I WILL BUILD IT AS IN THE DAYS
OF OLD +798. WADA DVX
1900 JOHN WADDINGTON

This excerpt was taken from the Ormerod.net family history page:
Its veracity cannot be confirmed - but it does lend a bit of credence to the inscription over the gateway to Waddington hall. I have left the links in and left the page exactly as the family history page - The copy-right is not mine!

In the Craven Herald the Rev. S. T. Taylor-Taswell, M.A., writes:

"The Waddingtons are a very ancient family, and trace their ancestry to a period prior to the Norman Conquest, to even Saxon times. The name itself is territorial, and signifies the town (ton) of the children (ing) of Wada, and may be traced in such places as Wad-how, Wadsworth, Paddington, and, strange as it may seem, in Padiham, the abode of Wada, since Pada and Wada were only variations of the same word.

Their possessions extended over a large part of Yorkshire and Lancashire.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, sub anno 798, records a great fight at Whalley during Lent, in which, according to Simeon of Durham, Wada Dux was put to flight by King Eardulfus. Some tumuli near Hacking Ferry attest this battle. One of them has been excavated, and a model of it is now to be seen in the museum of Stonyhurst College."

The following references to Wada have also been found.

Extract from Vol. II Symeon of Durham (A.D. 1083), edited by Thomas Arnold, M.A., published in 1882

~ 59. Anno DCCXCVIII. conjuratione facta ab interfectoribus Etheidredi regis, Wada dux in illa conjuratione cum eis belium inierunt contra Eardwlfum regem in loco qui appellatur ab Anglis Billingahoth, juxta Walalege, et ex utraque parte plurimis interfectis Wada dux cum suis in fugam versus est, et, Eardulfus rex victoriam regaliter sumpsit ex inimicis. he defeats it.

Translation

In the year 798 a conspiracy was made by the men who had slain King Ethelred, in which conspiracy Duke Wada joined, and the conspirators fought a battle with King Eardulf in a place called by the Angles Billingahoth, by Walalege. A very great number were killed on both sides, Duke Wada and his side were put to flight, and Eardulf the King obtained a victory in kingly fashion over his enemies.

Extract from The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth, Anglo-Saxon Period

by Francis Palgrave, F.R.S. and F.S.A., 1832; Northumbria-Angles, page 313

A.D. 798. Ealdorman [i.e. Earl] Wada at the head of the party which had slain Ethelred declares war against Eardulf. Battle of Billingaheth near Whalley in which Wada is defeated [April 2].

The principal seat of the Waddingtons was at Waddington; near Clitheroe. At the Survey of "Doomsday Book," Waddington is represented as part of the lands of Roger of Poitou. By a Survey dated 29 Edw: 1. [A.D. 1301] it appears that Roger Tempest, by his marriage with the heiress of Walter de Waddington, held one carucate of the Earl of Lincoln, and he of the King."

A pedigree of one branch of the Waddington Family, descended from the Waddingtons living in Altham, Lancashire, in the mid-sixteenth century can be found by clicking on the link below.

Waddington Family Pedigree Chart

Details of the village of Waddington and Waddington Old Hall can be found by clicking on the following links.

Waddington

Waddington Hall

 If you follow the links the inscription is mentioned.

This opposite the memorial. The stream
and the Clitheroe road is between me and the Gateway

Looking up the stream towards the church

An early postcard of Waddington,
little in the way of landscaping and of course no traffic.
A closer view will reveal the church.

This is the reference at the National inventory of War Memorials.

WADDINGTON CROSS WW1 AND WW2

Our Ref: 18663

Burton-in-Lonsdale

Had two nights in the ancient camper in Burton-in-Lonsdale and it's a beautiful little village. It has a church, a pub, an amazing (and only local shop - try the cakes!) a castle (sort of!), a river, and some fabulous views. Touted as the last village in Yorkshire, it is indeed very close to "the border" with Lancashire.

The main street in Burton. The road on the left goes down to the river.
I am standing outside the village shop.

The weather was fine when I walked into the village. Soon found All Saints Church and the memorial outside, fortunately a member of the church was inside and he told me lots of interesting stuff about the village and the church’s origins. Had it not been for him I would not have found the sole war grave in the cemetery. I am indebted to you!

All Saints church,
Paley and Austin

These are the first photos, with the inscriptions, more to follow.

The memorial inside the church

TO THE ABIDING MEMORY OF

BURTON-IN-LONSDALE MEN

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

APPLEYARD JOHN W.

ATKINSON JOHN.

ATKINSON R. J. SHEPHERD.

BATESON HAROLD.

BORROWDALE WILLIAM C.

BRISCOE ALFRED.

DAWSON ROBERT E.

HARRISON JOHN.

KETTLEWELL JAMES.

KIRKBRIDE BERNARD.

LAWSON STEPHEN.

NELSON WILLIAM.

STRICKLAND HUGH.

WILSON ROBERT.

WOOD FRED.

DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY

This Tablet is 29516 in the War Memorials Archive.

The memorial cross outside the church,
According to the IVM there are names on the 2 sides of the memorial,
I did not look but I can only presume that they are the same as the memorial in the church

 1914 - 1919

LEST

YE

 FORGET

The cross is 29516 in the War Memorials Archive.

3587 PRIVATE
J YOUNG
DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGT.
29TH JUNE 1916

He was the son of John and Margaret Young; husband of Margaret Ball (formerly Young), of 21, Fernley Rd., Birkdale, Southport. He was a member of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) 2nd/6th Battalion. He was 30 when he died.

According to Ancestry John Young died at home. Whether he was stationed locally I do not know. The 2nd/6th was formed at Skipton in Craven in September 1914 as a home service ("second line") unit. This unit was considered a member of the Territorial force. It seems unlikely that this soldier had ever gone abroad to fight.

The extract below is from the Duke of Wellington Regiment Website"

 "1 March 1915 : came under orders of 186th Brigade in 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division. Moved to Thoresby Park (Ollerton) in May 1915. Moved in October 1915 to Retford, November 1915 to Newcastle, January 1916 to Salisbury Plain, June 1916 Halesworth, October 1916 to Bedford.
Landed in France in January 1917."

Market Drayton War Memorial

A flying visit to a distant uncle and I couldn't miss the opportunity to photograph the memorial. I also visited St Mary's the church and walked through the town centre, parking was a nightmare, so I parked quite a way outside the centre and walked. There is an official history of the town here. The memorial photos:

Taken from the front, the gentleman in the
picture was deep in contemplation,
he paid no attention to me whatsoever.

The road divides and passes both sides of the memorial.
The right fork goes towards the town centre.

From the right

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TO

THE GLORY OF GOD

AND

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF MARKET DRAYTON

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN

THE

GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919

AND

1939 - 1945

From
British Legion Womens Section

Nov. 1939
We will remember

The Inscriptions are below the third shot of the base

1914- 1919
BADGER, T.

BANKS, F.

BARBER, A. J.

BARNETT, A. E.

BARNETT, P. E. T.

BENNION, R. W.

BENNETT, C. E.

BENNETT, F. A.

BENNETT, R. J.

BENNETT, G. F.

BENNETT, W. H.

BICKERTON, W.

BICKLEY, H.

BICKLEY, F.

BIRCHALL, T.

BLASE, W.

BOUGHEY, W. H.

BOULTON, C. J.

BRINDLEY, J.

BUCKLEY,G.

BUTTERFIELD, G.W.

CHESTERS, R.

CHIDLOW, A.

CLIFFORD, W. F. J.

COLLINS, C. R.

CORKE, A.

CORNES, H

DAVIDSON, S. J.

DEAKIN, C. J. J. K.

DUCKERS, F. H.

FARNELL, W.

FELTON, R.

FLYNN, G. T.

FORRESTOR, W.

GARRETT, A.

GARRATT, R. A.

GEORGE, J.

GIBBS, T. C.

GOUGH, F.

HAZELDINE, W.

HEATH, J.

HIGGINS, H.

HILL, S. W.

HOLDING, J.

HOPWOOD. A. E.

HOUGH, P.

HOULDING, J.

HOWES, G. C.

HUDSON, A. M.

HUGHES, S.

INGRAM, B. S. A.

JUDD, A. H.

LAND, G. C.

LANGFORD, G.

LASHMORE, F.

FERRINGTON, A. E.

LAWTON, A.

LEE, A. R. H. U.

LEWIS, T. L.

LLOYD, H.

LOWE, V.

LOYNTON, W.

MABBOT, W. H.

MASSEY, W L. S.

MATTHEWS, H.

MATTHEWS, W.

MEAKIN, G. T.

MILLINGTON, H.

MISSETT, A.

MORRIS, E.

MOSELEY, A. L. W.

McAVAN, F.

McAVAN, L.

McAVAN, G. A.

McAVAN, W.

PITT, R

PRESTON, J

PRITCHARD, T.

RALPHS, A.

RATCLIFFE, R.

REECE, E.

REEVES, J.

RICHARDS, J.

ROBBINS, A. R.

ROGERS, F.

ROPER, B.

ROWE, B.

ROYLANCE, H.

RUSSELL, G.W.

SALT, K. A.

SAMBROOK. H.

SAMBROOK, T. H.

SARGEANT, H.T.

SARGEANT, R. E.

SAUNDERS, A. J.

SCARRATT, J. H.

SHUKER, H. A.

SILLITOE, W.

SMITH, H.G.

SMITH, F.

SMITH, W.

STONES, W.

STONES, R.E.

THOMPSON, G.F.H.

UPTON, J.A.E.

WALLIS, F.

WALTON, W.

WILLIAMS, L.A.

WILSON, R.L.

WILTON, J. A.

WHITTAKER, F.

WHITTAKER, F.

The inscription is below:

1939 – 1945

ANKERS, F.G.

ARKINSTALL, W. M.

BENNETT, G. F.

BILLINGTON, H. J.

BROOKS, J.

BRASNELL, S. R.

CADMAN, F.

CARR, F.

CHIDLOW, F.

CHILTON, F.

CLEWS, K.

FRANCE, A.

FINNEY, C.

CLIFFORD, G.

DALZELL-McKEAN, M. H.

FLETCHER, C. J.

GEORGE, W. A.

GIBSON, G.

HICKS, F. G. A.

HOLDING, F.

HUBANK, F.E.

GRESTY, J. A.

HUGHES, D. :MBE

JENKS, E.

LEE, M. J.

LOADER, P.

MATTHEWS, W.

MAYER, H.

MEADON, E. E.

MEUNIER, A. D.

MILLER, S.

MORGAN, W. E.

MORRIS, D. E.

McAVEN, G. A.

MOTTRAM, G. J.

PHILLIPS, O. W.

RUSCOE, J.

SNOW, S. H.

STONES, D.

THOMPSON, A. C.

TUCKER, J. H.

WHITTINGHAM, P. A.

WICKSTEAD, E. J.

WORRALL, J. H.

NEVILLE, A. H.

WADE, F. S.

The Buttercross market shelter which replaced an actual cross in 1823.
Buttercrosses tended to be associated with English market towns and were where local people bought dairy products from the local farmers. There are several towns in England where the market cross is known as a Butter Cross. Shelters were often erected afterwards.

Many of the buildings in Market Drayton were destroyed in a fire in 1651. The shelter replaced the original butter cross in 1823. The bells were saved from the Old Fire-station. They can be rung should the same happen again.

The entrance to St Mary's church

A panoramic from the rear of the church, An air of Roman temples
It was a dismal day, it was getting quite late, the light was going and there was an
inquisitive bunch of locals eyeing me up. There is quite a drop on the left.
The church is on one of the highest spots in the town

I have a tenuous link with Market Drayton in so much as Robert Clive was born here. He moved to Manchester and he and I both went to the same school (Stand Grammar School). He got expelled, so the story goes by throwing slates of the school roof! I didn't.... Oh we didn't meet.... but I was in Clive house - There is a Hogwarts touch about this post.

There is more information about this memorial at the War Memorials Inventory no 13855

This post is dedicated to Alan.

Fleetwood Memorial Park

I visited Fleetwood Memorial Park at the same time as I visited the other sites in Fleetwood. This is an overview of the park and some general pictures, but I have included more detailed pictures and a list of the fallen at the Datastore here. A very good history of the park can be found here.

The entrance Gates

View from the Gates towards the north

Looking out of the park through the gates

Towards the central sculpture by Tyson Smith

The sculpture showing the urns at the bottom
and the central column with the names carved non the pillar

From the rear of the statue

Landscape from the rear

Sir Patrick Abercrombie
Information can be found here

Herbert Tyson Smith copy-write Nation Trust
More information can be found here

Lots of links and little substance. This memorial has been well researched but I am sure the names have never been published. The Imperial War Museum reference is 42700 I do believe the park is going to be revived and have some restoration work done. Time for a revisit when that happens.

My links:
St Peter's in Fleetwood and the memorial.
The Fleetwood Fishermen's memorial.