Memorial Details
Memorial
Clock 1914-18 Council Building
Reference
H125.02
Place
HETTON-LE-HOLE
Map ref
NZ 353475
Original Location
On front of Old Council Building, Pemberton Street, in centre of Hetton. DH5.
Present Location
Hetton Centre, with part of the old clock mechanism in a display cabinet. See Note below.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
August 1922
Memorial Description
Clock of two faces suspended on a wrought iron bracket beneath a balcony. The numbers are in Roman numerals on a green metal face.
Beneath it is a board giving the details, the letters painted onto wood.
Beneath it is a board giving the details, the letters painted onto wood.
Materials used
Metal, glass.
Inscription
Hetton le Hole
Great War 1914-1918
This clock is erected
to the memory of the fallen
sailors and soldiers
in the above war
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August 1922
Names
None
Notes
1. This building used to be the Town Hall. Now it is a shop.
2. “The Hetton Ladies’ Working Committee have offered to Hetton Urban Council the sum of £182 for the purpose of providing a public clock, which it is suggested should be erected at the Council offices as a memorial to fallen soldiers, and a thankoffering for the safe return of the survivors. The Council has accepted the offer”.
3. A notice in Hetton Town Centre reads:
Hetton Town Memorial Clock.
The Hetton Town Clock was erected on the former
Hetton Urban District Council Offices in Front Street,
to commemorate those who gave their lives in The
Great War 1914-1918, and is classed as an Official War Memorial.
The Clock was manufactured in 1922 by J.F. Newey
of York for J.F. Marshall the Jeweller of Hetton
Downs and has been maintained & restored by Potts
of Derby (Clockmakers established 1833).
In order to preserve and acknowledge the heritage of the community, Hetton Town Council funded the
complete restoration of the clock workings, provision
of a new face drum and relocation to the Hetton
Centre in June 2004. The clock is now electrically powered, but until moved, was still wound by hand twice a week.
A replica clock also electrically powered, has been
installed on the original site in Front Street.
2. “The Hetton Ladies’ Working Committee have offered to Hetton Urban Council the sum of £182 for the purpose of providing a public clock, which it is suggested should be erected at the Council offices as a memorial to fallen soldiers, and a thankoffering for the safe return of the survivors. The Council has accepted the offer”.
3. A notice in Hetton Town Centre reads:
Hetton Town Memorial Clock.
The Hetton Town Clock was erected on the former
Hetton Urban District Council Offices in Front Street,
to commemorate those who gave their lives in The
Great War 1914-1918, and is classed as an Official War Memorial.
The Clock was manufactured in 1922 by J.F. Newey
of York for J.F. Marshall the Jeweller of Hetton
Downs and has been maintained & restored by Potts
of Derby (Clockmakers established 1833).
In order to preserve and acknowledge the heritage of the community, Hetton Town Council funded the
complete restoration of the clock workings, provision
of a new face drum and relocation to the Hetton
Centre in June 2004. The clock is now electrically powered, but until moved, was still wound by hand twice a week.
A replica clock also electrically powered, has been
installed on the original site in Front Street.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; photos of clock in new location etc.: Dorothy Hall
Northern Echo 03/11/1920 reports information in Note 2 above.
Northern Echo 03/11/1920 reports information in Note 2 above.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall
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