Memorial Details
Memorial
Cottages 1914-18
Reference
H67.05
Place
HOLYWELL
Map ref
NZ 316744
Original Location
On elevated position on north side of A192.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1928
Memorial Description
War Memorial Cottages. Row of four single-storey cottages, each bearing an inscribed stone or stones set in the front wall.
Materials used
Brick houses with stone plaques.
Inscription
Cottage No. 1.
Stone below window
This stone was laid by Mrs. J.R. MacMillan, Shiremoor, 8th December 1928.
Stone at apex
Holywell War Memorial Homes, in memory of Holywell men who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.-----------------------------------
Cottage No. 2
Brass plate in wall front :
This tablet was unveiled by Major Ralph Edward Bates Mortimer, on his presenting the deed for the land on which these cottages stand to the governors of the Northumberland Aged Miners Homes Association as a gift in memory of his father, Sir Ralph George Elphinston Mortimer, OBE, July 20th 1960.
Stone at apex
Opened by Ald. Thos. Taylor, Esq., JP., Chipchase Castle, 27th April 1929.-----------------------------------
Cottage No. 3
Stone below window
This stone was laid by Wm. Hogg, Esq, JP., Burt Hall, Newcastle, 8th Dec. 1928.
Stone at apex
Northumberland Aged Mineworkers Homes Association.-----------------------------------
Cottage No. 4
Stone at apex :
Homes of Rest.
Stone below window
This stone was laid by Mrs. J.R. MacMillan, Shiremoor, 8th December 1928.
Stone at apex
Holywell War Memorial Homes, in memory of Holywell men who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.
Brass plate in wall front :
This tablet was unveiled by Major Ralph Edward Bates Mortimer, on his presenting the deed for the land on which these cottages stand to the governors of the Northumberland Aged Miners Homes Association as a gift in memory of his father, Sir Ralph George Elphinston Mortimer, OBE, July 20th 1960.
Stone at apex
Opened by Ald. Thos. Taylor, Esq., JP., Chipchase Castle, 27th April 1929.
Stone below window
This stone was laid by Wm. Hogg, Esq, JP., Burt Hall, Newcastle, 8th Dec. 1928.
Stone at apex
Northumberland Aged Mineworkers Homes Association.
Stone at apex :
Homes of Rest.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Northumberland Aged Mineworkers Homes Association
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Present condition
Good
Notes
1. Sir Ralph George Elphinston Mortimer was the grandson of Rev. John Elphinston Elliot and Mrs. Elliot who was bequeathed Holywell and other properties on the death of Miss Sarah Bates, descendant of the Bates family of the 16th century.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tom Allan; P. Thirkell
Newcastle Daily Journal 07/07/1920 reports proposals to erect a memorial
Newcastle Daily Journal 07/07/1920 reports proposals to erect a memorial
Research acknowledgements
The late Tom Allan, Seaton Delaval and District Local History Society; P. Thirkell; Michael Newrick
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