Crich Tower
| Photo ID #: | 582 | |
| Description: | The Old Monument before the building of the present Memorial | |
| Category: | Crich Stand | |
| Location: | Crich - Village | |
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During the reign of George III a wooden structure 'with a platform' was erected on the Hill at Crich. In 1785, Francis Hurt, a considerable land owner in Crich, rebuilt this structure as a stone conical tower with a wooden platform on top from which he could enjoy views across the Amber and Derwent Valleys.
By 1843, the tower was in ruins. In 1851, Hurt provided £210 to rebuild the tower. In the more familiar shape of a round tower with a spiral stairway to a viewing platform with a plaque recording the height of the tower as 955 ft. above sea level.
The tower was the site of celebrations for the end of the Crimean War when Sergeant Thomas Wetton of the 95th, Derbyshire Regiment, a resident of Crich who had lost a leg at the battle of Alma, was carried to The Stand.
Rendered unsafe by landslides and struck by lighting in 1908 access was denied on safety grounds. The land on which The Stand was built was sold with the condition that a new tower would be built.
The current Crich Stand was built, further back from the cliff edge. Being; rebuilt as a memorial to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment.