Monumental Inscriptions at Ironville - [IRNV]


Ironville was built on the edge of the Cromford Canal in 1830 as a model village to house the workers of the Butterley Company. The village was laid out with big gardens and open spaces between rows of houses.  A school, shops and facilities were incorporated in the design of the village.

Christ Church stands at the end of the main street, with the graveyard being across the Pinxton canal (now filled in) at the back of the church.  Very few gravestones survive.

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James Pursglove
died Feb 24th 1906,
aged 76 years.
also Hannah Mary, his 2nd wife,
died Feb. 9th 1880,
aged 47 years
also Anna, his wife,
died June 9th 1871
aged 37 years
"Thy Will Be Done"

Marble cross

Thomas Marshall,
died July 8th 1915
aged 72 yrs.
also Louisa Pursglove,
died Dec. 5th 1919
aged 59 years
"Not my Will Oh Lord,
but Thine be done."

 

Marble headstone - broken

 

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