Memorial Details
Memorial
Font 1914-18 1939-45 New Central Methodist
Reference
B42.09
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 315814
Original Location
Blyth New Central Methodist Church
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Font, octagonal, 14½ inches diameter, resting on slender oak column 40 inches high. Five faces of the sides of the font bear brass plates, the other faces are carved with an abstract pattern. The lettering in each case is sunk in casting and enamelled black using serif capitals.
The five plaques represent various other churches, now demolished. Zion Methodist B42.06; Regent Street Primitive Methodist B42.07; Bridge Street Wesleyan Methodist B42.10; Beaconsfield Primitive Methodist B42.35 and Bowes Street Methodist B42.36
The five plaques represent various other churches, now demolished. Zion Methodist B42.06; Regent Street Primitive Methodist B42.07; Bridge Street Wesleyan Methodist B42.10; Beaconsfield Primitive Methodist B42.35 and Bowes Street Methodist B42.36
Materials used
Oak with brass plates, one for each of 5 different churches, each one being treated separately in this record.
Inscription
See individual sheets for the five demolished churches.
Names
Notes
1. The Blyth Central Methodist Church (originally Bridge Street Wesleyan Church) was demolished in 1989 and replaced by Blyth New Central Methodist Church, Beaconsfield Street, opened 1990.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Jack Tait; Tony Harding; Janet Brown
Research acknowledgements
The late J. Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Font 1914-18 1939-45 New Central Methodist (B42.09)
BLYTH, New Central Methodist Church.
Plate 1.
Dedicated to the
memory of those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
---------------
Thomas Clark
David Ferrel Fenwick
William Hepple
Edward Jobling
William Lawson
Wilfred Lawson
Cyril Pexton Pitchford
William Nixon
John Nixon
Percival Milner Sidgwick
Alexander Bruce Story
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"Their Name Liveth for Evermore"
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Plate 2.
Bowes Street Methodist Church
To the memory of
those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the World War
1939-1945
---------------
Fred Hebron
Norman Soulsby
George Brocksopp
---------------
"Their Name Liveth for Evermore"
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Plate 3.
In memory of the members of
Beaconsfield Methodist Church
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the Great World Wars
---------------
1914-1918
Andrew Easton
Andrew Farley
George Jackson
1939-1945
Kenneth Allen
John George Beckwith
Leonard Blades
J. George Gowans
Edward Storey
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"In heavenly love abiding"
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Plate 4
In memory of those of the
Central Primitive
Methodist Church
Regent Street, Blyth
and
Zion Methodist Church, Blyth
who made the
supreme sacrifice
in the World Wars
1914 – 1918
1939 – 1945
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Plate 5
In memory of those of
Blyth Wesleyan Church
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the Great War
1914 – 1919
---------------
John Colin Goulding
Joseph Greener
William Ewart Parker
Thomas Robert Smith
John Soulsby
Ernest Robert Taylor
William Turnbull
---------------
“Their name liveth for evermore”
NamesB42.09
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