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Latitude: 53.131 / 53°7'51"N
Longitude: -1.77 / 1°46'11"W
OS Eastings: 415488
OS Northings: 359345
OS Grid: SK154593
Mapcode National: GBR 479.PBL
Mapcode Global: WHCDK.SKBJ
Plus Code: 9C5W46JJ+C2
Entry Name: Biggin-by-Hartington War Memorial
Listing Date: 15 September 2025
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1494485
ID on this website: 101494485
County: Derbyshire
District: Derbyshire Dales
Civil Parish: Hartington Nether Quarter
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
A First World War memorial erected in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
A First World War memorial erected in 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: constructed from pink granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is in the form of an obelisk on a pedestal with a bevelled top, both of polished pink granite. The pedestal sits on a dressed stone plinth of unpolished pink granite with a chamfered edge. The base of the memorial is rough-hewn pink granite.
There are engraved and gilded inscriptions on three sides of the monument which read as follows:
North-west face; Obelisk: IN/ HONOUR/ OF/ THOSE WHO/ FELL FOR/ LIBERTY IN/ THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918
Pedestal: (four names; First World War)
North-east face; Obelisk: 1939-45 (two names)
Pedestal: (two names; First World War)
South-west face; Obelisk: 1939-45 (two names)
Pedestal: (two names; First World War)
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore, the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Biggin-by-Hartington, Derbyshire as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the eight members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial is located at the junction between Main Street and Drury Lane, close to the Church of St Thomas. It sits at the centre of a small, triangular garden surrounded by a low rubble stone wall and stone paving. The entrance to the garden is to the north-west of the memorial and is flanked by stone piers. The memorial is believed to have been erected in 1921.
An additional inscription to honour the four parishioners who fell during the Second World War was subsequently added.
Biggin-by-Hartington War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as an example of a well-carved obelisk.
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