Parish Notes
BENSHAM

Plaque, Richardson, 1901
In St. Chad's Church is a brass plaque dedicated to Ralph Richardson, a member of the church council, who lost his life in the wreck of HMS Cobra in 1901 aged 46.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

H.M.S. Cobra disaster website