Codnor Park and Ironville War Memorial

The Codnor Park and Ironville War Memorial is a war memorial erected in 1923, built by Mr. Edward Cope of Riddings. It is made of roughly-hewn granite with lead lettering painted black.

Located to the south side of the tower of Christ Church, which is also a Grade II listed building, the memorial features a Celtic-style wheel cross with a tapered shaft. This cross is mounted on a tapered rectangular plinth that has a two-stepped square base, all set on a flat square platform. The south face of the cross head and shaft displays a sword carved in relief, complete with three ball clusters at the pommel and ends of the cross guard. The inscriptions, also in lead lettering, are found on the south face of the memorial within recessed panels.

The inscription at the base of the shaft reads "1914 / THEY DIED / THAT WE / MIGHT LIVE / 1918." Below this, the names of thirty-five men from the parish who died during the First World War are inscribed on the plinth. Additionally, the date "1939 – 1945" has been added along with the names of nine men who died during the Second World War. The top step of the base bears the inscription “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.”

A path of cut paving stones extends from the south side of the memorial to the boundary wall, continuing alongside it until it reaches the south gateway.