Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window 1914-18, 1939-45 Newgate Primitive Methodist
Reference
B135.13
Place
BARNARD CASTLE
Map ref
NZ 053165
Original Location
Newgate Primitive Church (Demolished)
Moved to Wesleyan Church.
Moved to Wesleyan Church.
Present Location
Methodist Church, Galgate. On right hand side.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Originally a stained glass window of four lights. Now two windows of two lights, in a rather complicated format, using a mixture of Art Deco and Gothis styles.
Left hand window:
Left hand light (1939-45) shows Christ crowning a knight who has slain a dragon. Beneath it are the words “Well done, thou good and faithful servant” in Roman capitals.
Right hand light (1914-18) (In Gothic style) depicts an angel with red wings welcoming a knight.
Beneath it is the text “So they passed over, & all the trumpets / sounded for them on the other side” in black Gothic capitals.
Right hand window is more Art Deco style.
Left hand light (1939-45) has a panel at the bottom bearing the quotation “Greater love hath no man / than this, that he should lay / down his life for his friends”. Beneath this are the six names from 1939-45.
Right hand light (1914-18) “In loving memory of the men of this Church / who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919” in black Roman capitals. Below this is: “They were a wall unto us both by night and day” which is in italics. Below this is a row of four panels bearing the 10 names in Roman capitals on a black background.
Left hand window:
Left hand light (1939-45) shows Christ crowning a knight who has slain a dragon. Beneath it are the words “Well done, thou good and faithful servant” in Roman capitals.
Right hand light (1914-18) (In Gothic style) depicts an angel with red wings welcoming a knight.
Beneath it is the text “So they passed over, & all the trumpets / sounded for them on the other side” in black Gothic capitals.
Right hand window is more Art Deco style.
Left hand light (1939-45) has a panel at the bottom bearing the quotation “Greater love hath no man / than this, that he should lay / down his life for his friends”. Beneath this are the six names from 1939-45.
Right hand light (1914-18) “In loving memory of the men of this Church / who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1919” in black Roman capitals. Below this is: “They were a wall unto us both by night and day” which is in italics. Below this is a row of four panels bearing the 10 names in Roman capitals on a black background.
Inscription
a In loving memory of the young men of this church / who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1918/
“They were a wall unto us both by night and by day”.
b 1939-1945
“Greater love hath no man / than this, that he should lay / down his life for his friends”.
"Well done thou / good and faithful / servant"
“They were a wall unto us both by night and by day”.
b 1939-1945
“Greater love hath no man / than this, that he should lay / down his life for his friends”.
"Well done thou / good and faithful / servant"
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Abbot & Co. Lancaster, presumably for 1914-18 window.
Notes
1. The Newgate Primitive Methodist Church was built in 1887. It united with the Wesleyan Methodist in 1974 and became Barnard Castle Methodist Church, using the Wesleyan building. The Newgate Church (NZ 054164) building was demolished and furnishings from it were installed in the former Wesleyan (Galgate Methodist) Church.
2. Following the closure of the building, the window was transferred. It could not fit into its new location in exactly the same way it had appeared in its former location. It had to be split into two windows, each of two lights. The left hands light were reformed to commemorate 1939-45, the right hand lights commemorate 1914-18.
2. Following the closure of the building, the window was transferred. It could not fit into its new location in exactly the same way it had appeared in its former location. It had to be split into two windows, each of two lights. The left hands light were reformed to commemorate 1939-45, the right hand lights commemorate 1914-18.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Jim Sewell; John and Mavis Dixon
Church guide
Source of quotation
They were a wall unto us . . .” 1 Samuel XXV 15, 16;
“Greater love hath no man . . .” adapted from St.John 15 v13.
"So they passed over . . ." Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan.
Well done, thou good & faithful servant" : Matthew 25 v 21.
Church guide
Source of quotation
They were a wall unto us . . .” 1 Samuel XXV 15, 16;
“Greater love hath no man . . .” adapted from St.John 15 v13.
"So they passed over . . ." Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan.
Well done, thou good & faithful servant" : Matthew 25 v 21.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Jim Sewell; John and Mavis Dixon; Alan Farrar; Norman Jackson; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
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Stained Glass Window 1914-18, 1939-45 Newgate Primitive Methodist (B135.13)
BARNARD CASTLE Methodist Church
Left hand light
1939-1945
“Greater love hath no man
than this, that he should lay
down his life for his friends”.
Henry H. Bayles Fredric Downs
Jack G. Holroyd Ernest M. Wilkinson
Kenneth H. Watson William H.F. Waine
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Right hand light
In loving memory of the young men of this church
who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
“They were a wall unto us both by night and by day”.
G. Wilfrid Berry George W. Croft John T. Newland William Waine
William J. Coates J. Fredk. Hopson George G. Waine Harold Watson
Joseph P. Watson Alec. Welford
NamesB135.13
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