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Wagstaff Lane, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JJ

Located in a former shop which may well have been the local Co-operative store.

The sculpture of a soldier was installed in 2009. It is a replica of the original sculpture which was blown off the pedestal in a storm in 1959 and shattered. The monument is relatively unusual in recording the names of all those who served during World War 1, not just those who lost their lives. It was installed in 1921. Update: The memorial was Listed Grade II in 2016

Located in Jacksdale on the east side of the T junction of the B6016 Pye Hill Road / Selston Road and Main Road, Selston parish. 3 arms and octagon finial. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4265904. Milestone Society National ID: NT_SK4451

Notts C C octagonal concrete post with slotted arms and octagonal cast-iron finial.

Jacksdale is a former coal mining village situated in the Erewash Valley, on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border. The War Memorial is in the centre of the village, near all the shops and services, at the junction of Wagstaff Lane with Main Road. It is unusual, in that it not only commemorates those from the parish who fell in the Great War of 1914-18 on one panel but also lists all those who served in the armed forces during the same conflict, on the other three panels. The fallen from the Second World War of 1939-45 are commemorated on the smaller panels around its base. Pye Hill pit, the last mine in the area, closed in 1985. A colliery winding wheel across the road from the War Memorial, commemorates the village's strong links with coal mining.

The half pit-sheave is a reminder that this was once a mining community; it came from the nearby Pye Bridge Colliery.

View northwestwards, beside the course of ex-GN (Nottingham) - Kimberley - Pinxton branch, closed 7/1/63. Until 1/7/50 the station was called 'Codnor Park, for Ironville and Jacksdale'. The station stood on a viaduct out of shot to the left beside the photographer.

A ceramic mosaic created with the help of local children, on the wall of the Community Centre. Not the easiest map to read, but it is actually cartographically pretty accurate.

The position of the postbox - in the wall of the shop next door - suggests perhaps that the post office was once larger, occupying both frontages. This would appear to be supported by the large-scale mapping, which appears to mark 'PO' across a larger area than just this right-hand shop.