Memorial Details
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Memorial
Pavilion Rugby Club 1914-18 Dene Park
Reference
H51.20
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 945640
Original Location
Dene Park
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Purchased 1921, and opened officially by H.I. Welford, President of Northumberland Rugby Union
Memorial Description
Rugby Football Club pavilion. Former Army hut fitted with two baths, dressing accommodation, lavatory etc.
Materials used
Army Hut, 60 feet x 16 feet wide (18.2m x 4.97m).
Inscription
None
Names
None
Who commissioned
Tynedale Rugby Football Club
How money was raised
Tynedale Rugby Football Club fund raising efforts, through Subscription List opened in 1919/ 1920 season.
Notes
1. In 1920 an ex-Army hut was erected by voluntary labour in the north-east corner of Dene Park as a memorial to those who died in the Great War. It was equipped as dressing rooms and pavilion. A brass plaque listing the names was erected in the Clubhouse (See Corbridge C52.05).
1926. The field of about 3.75 acres at Dene Park, which had been rented since the beginning of the 1902/3 season, was purchased, following the initiative of Anthony Emerson, a past honorary treasurer of the club. It had been said that the field was purchased as a memorial to those who died in the war but, according to the Souvenir Booklet, it was purchased to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Club. In 1927 a strip of ground at the east end was leased to Hexham Town Council for use as allotments. In 1930 a new wide and straight road to Corbridge was made across the ground which divided the clubhouse from the pitches. In 1945 the adjoining field, Broad Close, was purchased as a memorial to those who died in World War II .
In 1974 the ground was sold and the club moved to Tynedale Park at Corbridge. In 1976 the Clubhouse was sold to the National Coal Board.
1926. The field of about 3.75 acres at Dene Park, which had been rented since the beginning of the 1902/3 season, was purchased, following the initiative of Anthony Emerson, a past honorary treasurer of the club. It had been said that the field was purchased as a memorial to those who died in the war but, according to the Souvenir Booklet, it was purchased to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Club. In 1927 a strip of ground at the east end was leased to Hexham Town Council for use as allotments. In 1930 a new wide and straight road to Corbridge was made across the ground which divided the clubhouse from the pitches. In 1945 the adjoining field, Broad Close, was purchased as a memorial to those who died in World War II .
In 1974 the ground was sold and the club moved to Tynedale Park at Corbridge. In 1976 the Clubhouse was sold to the National Coal Board.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C.N. Dallison
Hexham Courant 01/03/1919 lists names for Roll of Honour; 04/09/1920 gives size of hut; 08/09/1995 feature 75 Years Ago reports erection of pavilion.
Newcastle Daily Journal 16/01/1920 reports Rugby Fund raising match.
Illustrated Chronicle 11/10/1920 reports purchase with photo.
Haltwhistle Echo 14/01/1921 reports opening.
75th Birthday Souvenir 1876-1951 pages 1, 9 and 15 (photocopies of relevant pages on file)
Hexham Courant 01/03/1919 lists names for Roll of Honour; 04/09/1920 gives size of hut; 08/09/1995 feature 75 Years Ago reports erection of pavilion.
Newcastle Daily Journal 16/01/1920 reports Rugby Fund raising match.
Illustrated Chronicle 11/10/1920 reports purchase with photo.
Haltwhistle Echo 14/01/1921 reports opening.
75th Birthday Souvenir 1876-1951 pages 1, 9 and 15 (photocopies of relevant pages on file)
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
C.N. Dallison; J. Brown; James Pasby; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
Contact:-Cogito books 01434 602555
Pavilion Rugby Club 1914-18 Dene Park (H51.20)
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