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Pipe Organ 1914-18 Methodist

Reference

H24.05

Place

HAYDON BRIDGE

Map ref

NY 843643

Original Location

Methodist Chapel, Church Street.

Present Location

See Note 1 below.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Pipe organ with plaque on wall to its immediate right, inside a narrow wood frame. The plaque measures 61cm high 38cm wide. The names are listed in two columns in Roman capitals.

Materials used

Brass plaque.

Inscription

This organ is dedicated / to the glory of God, / in grateful and loving / memory of those associated / with the church who made / the supreme sacrifice in / the Great War, 1914-1918.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that / a man lay down his life for his friends."

Names

20 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes

1. The new church has been built on the site of the old building which was demolished in May 1996. However, the stained glass windows and the organ from that building were kept and have been included in the new structure

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C.M. Dallison

Hexham Courant 13/02/1998 reports demolition of old building and retention of war memorial features.

Source of quotation
�Greater love hath no man . . .� St.John�s Gospel 15 v 13.

Research acknowledgements

C.N. Dallison

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Pipe Organ 1914-18 Methodist (H24.05)

HAYDON BRIDGE, Methodist Chapel.

   This organ is dedicated

   to the glory of God,

   in grateful and loving

   memory of those associated

   with the church who made

   the supreme sacrifice in

   the Great War, 1914-1918.

   G.M. Anderson   R. Little

   J. Batey        H. Pearson

   W. Batey        A.M. Philipson

   E.J. Brown      J.W. Reed

   W. Brown        E. Robinson

   N. Davidson     J.H. Robson

   I. Douglas      T. Sowerby

   P. Hutchinson   L. Spark

   F. Kirby        J. Stonehouse

   F. Lee          J. Todd

   "Greater love hath no man than this, that

   a man lay down his life for his friends."

NameH24.05

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