CH.1. In loving memory of/the late/Mr. JAMES SCARL--- / BOWDEN.
Foundation Stone (Oak Road entrance)

CH.2. Was laid / by / C. - BLACKWELL Esq., / LIVERPOOL / Jul 7 1905 /
Foundation Stone (Oak Road entrance)

CH.3. Laid by / Mr. OLIVER
Stone by door on Bank Road

CH.4. 2 stones too flaked and worn to decipher.

CH.5. Laid by/---CRAPPERS ?
Stones by door on Bank Road

CH.6. Laid / on behalf of the / Sunday School /
South Wall.

CH.7. Presented in loving memory / of / Mrs EILEEN TURNER / by her family / to the church she loved and served /
Bible

CH.8. Presented by the Guild in /affectionate remembrance / of HORACE PAULSON 1919- 1980 / 15th February 1981 /
Bible

CH.9. Presented/in memory of / ANNIE CHAPMAN / Died 1st April 1976 /
Methodist Service Book

CH.10 Matlock Methodist Church / Grateful thanks are expressed for memorial gifts and other donations / for the purchase of this Hymn Book. /
Message inside all hymn books

CH.11. Presented / in memory of Mr. JOHN T. SLATER / May 1975 /
Methodist Service Book

CH.12. TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH / MATLOCK / Presented by /B & MM LEWIS / 12th August 1958/
Bible

CH.13. This carpet presented / in memory of /GEORGE WILLIAM BURNETT / Circuit Steward 1945 -1962.
Brass plaque on pulpit referring to carpet surrounding same

CH.14. Presented by / GEO. G.BLACKWELL esq.,/ of Liverpool /
Plaque on chair

CH.15. HORACE EDWIN PAULSON / 1919 -1980 /
Brass plaque on book holder (Altar)

CH.16. In remembrance / of / ELIZABETH and HUMPHREY MORRIS /
Brass plaque on wooden screen behind altar

CH.17. In remembrance / of / EDITH. E. MORRIS /
Brass plaque on altar

CH.18. Presented by / CHARLOTTE POTTER / in loving memory /of / her late husband / HENRY POTTER / of THE DIMPLE, MATLOCK / (who died 4th July 1881 / For many years an earnest / worker in the Wesleyan Cause / August 1882 /
Brass plaques on 2 similar chairs.

CH.19. Presented by the staff; R.A.F. Hospital, MATLOCK / In appreciation of Christian Fellowship 1939-1945 /
Inscription on the wood of the Lectern

CH.20. The hanging Cross / given in memory of / EDWIN PERCY MOSLEY / 1915 -1964 /
Brass plaque

CH.21. In loving memory / of MARY and JOHN H. PAULSON /
Brass plaque on altar rail (Communion)

CH.22. The hymn board / given in memory of / OLIVE DOREEN MORETON 1927- 1981
Brass plaque on hymn board

CH.23. The carpet outside / the communion rail / was given in memory of / HARRY WHITWORTH 1908-1965 /
Brass plaque on first seat.

CH.24. To the Glory of God / and in memory of Mrs JEAN LITTLEWOOD, December 1975/
Plaque on bookcase

CH.25. GLADYS P. HANCOCK/1894 - 1969/
Wooden plaque under clock

CH.26. To the Glory of God and in beloved memory of ELIZABETH COXON who died February 7th. 1943 / This font is dedicated by her husband W .VERE COXON, a former minister of this church / Blessed ere the pure in heart for they shall see God /
Inscription on upper edge of font

CH.27. MATLOCK METHODIST CIRCUIT / Inter sports /
Shield

CH.28. In memory of/TIMOTHY THORNEYCROFT/From all the family
Brass plaque under clock in schoolroom

CH.29. In loving memory of / Mrs. S. A. GREATOREX / who died April 27th 1910 / a bond-servant of Christ / Her delight was do His will / The choir, the school and the / Ladies Working Committee / found in her a willing, efficient / and cheery worker / a life of self-renouncing love / is a life of liberty /
Alabaster plaque on grey background in school room

CH.30. To the memory of HORACE PAULSON / in grateful recognition of the / enthusiasm commitment practical and spiritual skills / with which he served this church

Two War Memorials, transcribed by Ann Andrews from photographs sent by Mike Haynes.

Both memorials have been rescued from a closing Church (now known to have been the Imperial Road Church) and relocated to the Methodist and United Reformed Church by Ken Lescure.

CH.31. THE CHURCH HEARING SYSTEM IS INSTALLED / IN MEMORY OF / C. CLIFFORD GREGORY / KENNETH HARRISON / FREDERICK J. OWENS / GODFREY SLATER / A. LAWRENCE SLATER / F. BRIAN H. WILDGOOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR / 1939 - 45

Photo from Mike Haynes
Note there is a [brass] plaque to the right of this is not transcribed.

CH.32. In Loving Memory / of / PTE. FREDERICK CROFT. / OF THE 17TH BATTN NOTTS & DERBYS RGT / WHO FELL IN FRANCE ON SEPT. 3RD 1916. / AGED 19 YEARS. / ALSO OF PTE. WALTER ALLEN. / WHO FELL IN FRANCE ON APRIL 28TH 1917 / AGED 20 YEARS. / "THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR UNTO THEM THAT THEY MIGHT SHIELD OTHER LIVES."

Wall plaque, on window sill

Photo from Mike Haynes

Additional Information

• Chairs bought in 1995 have been donated by families in memory of loved ones and have engraved plaques on the frames (not transcribed here).
  
  
• There are Cradle Rolls on boards in this church (not transcribed here).