IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Drewry Lane, DERBY, DE22 3QW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Drewry Lane, DE22 3QW by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (129 Images Found)
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Derby Old Cemetery, Pegg Monument
"To the memory of ROBERT PEGG Esq A Magistrate of this borough” and other members of his family, dated 1867. An unusual and idiosyncratic design in red and grey granite, Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.02 miles
2
Derby Old Cemetery, Pike Monument
Monument of 1854 in Gothic style, inscribed on various panels as follows: Central face inscribed:- "In memory of JOHN GREGORY PIKE/ Born April 6th 1784/ Died September 4th 1854". Left face inscribed:- "Founder of the General Baptist Missionary Society/ Author of "Persuasions to Early Piety" and other valuable works". Right face inscribed:- "Pastor of the church meeting in St Mary's Gate Chapel, forty four years". Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.02 miles
3
Derby Old Cemetery, Pegg and Pike Monuments
The complete cemetery is a Listed Grade II Park and Garden which contains 3 individually Listed monuments including the two prominent ones visible here. All three are attributed to Joseph Barlow Robinson (1821-83), who worked as a stone carver for Pugin and Barry on the Palace of Westminster before returning to Derby to set up the Midland Sculptural & Monumental Works
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.02 miles
4
Drewry Lane
The footpath widens here into a narrow road. To the right is the wall of the cemetery and to the left are small bungalows built by the Liversage Trust. This trust has been in operation since 1529 when it was set up by Robert Liversage a Derby businessman.
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 21 Jan 2020
0.03 miles
5
Drewry Lane
The footpath has now widened into more of a road, but it still borders the cemetery, one of whose memorials can be seen as the obelisk beyond the wall.
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 21 Jan 2020
0.04 miles
6
Derby Old Cemetery, Skevington Monument
An elaborate monument in Portland Stone with red granite detailing, erected 1877, Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.04 miles
7
Fallen ivy, Derby Old Cemetery
The heavy growth of ivy has detached itself from the wall and fallen away, retaining the profile of the wall coping. One coping stone has come away from the wall with the ivy.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.05 miles
8
Uttoxeter Road Cemetery
This is a now closed cemetery on Uttoxeter Road. It is mainly Victorian and contains the bodies of many of the great and good of Derby society of that time.
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 18 Mar 2017
0.05 miles
9
Drewry Lane footpath
A narrow path runs between the gardens of houses on Franchise Street and just a little way ahead the brick wall that surrounds the Uttoxeter New Road Cemetery.
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 21 Jan 2020
0.05 miles
10
Derby Old Cemetery, view from the south west
The cemetery was opened in 1843 by the Derby General Cemetery Company to cope with the needs of an expanding town and has a good selection of classic Victorian monuments. It is a Listed Grade II Park.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 19 Feb 2019
0.05 miles