Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window 1939-45 Scottish Presbyterian
Reference
N27.05
Place
NORHAM
Map ref
NT 900471
Original Location
United Reformed Church (former Scottish Presbyterian Church). Now closed.
Present Location
The Church was closed, and was converted into a house in 1999. The windows were removed by the Minister.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Stained glass window of four lights, all identical, depicting the Burning Bush. The one remaining in St.Cuthbert’s Church indicates that there were four arched windows, at the top of which was a roundel, depicting the burning bush, with the motto “Nec tamen consumebatur” ("But it was not consumed”).
A plaque 1 foot high x 1 foot 4 inches wide bears the names. It is of brown metal, there is a single line border. The names are listed in two columns divided by a vertical line. Lettering is incised and whitened in Roman upper case throughout.
Beneath this – in St.Cuthbert’s church – is a brass plaque 8 inches high x 10 inches wide giving details of the transfer to St.Cuthbert’s, lettering incised and whitened using Roman upper case.
A plaque 1 foot high x 1 foot 4 inches wide bears the names. It is of brown metal, there is a single line border. The names are listed in two columns divided by a vertical line. Lettering is incised and whitened in Roman upper case throughout.
Beneath this – in St.Cuthbert’s church – is a brass plaque 8 inches high x 10 inches wide giving details of the transfer to St.Cuthbert’s, lettering incised and whitened using Roman upper case.
Materials used
Metal plaque.
Inscription
Original plaque:
These four windows
were dedicated
in memory of the
Norham men
who fell in the war
1939-1945.
Lower plaque:
One of the four windows
and the dedicatory plaque
removed from
Norham United Reformed Church
before it closed in 1997.
were dedicated
in memory of the
Norham men
who fell in the war
1939-1945.
Lower plaque:
and the dedicatory plaque
removed from
Norham United Reformed Church
before it closed in 1997.
Names
Notes
1. One window was placed in Norham St.Cuthbert’s. The location of the others is not known.
2. Sheelagh Hume of Norham says that one window was rescued by local resident G. Straughan, a plumber.
3. Sheelagh Hume also attended the final service and took a photograph.
2. Sheelagh Hume of Norham says that one window was rescued by local resident G. Straughan, a plumber.
3. Sheelagh Hume also attended the final service and took a photograph.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos in new location: Janet Brown
Northumberland Record Office "Norham United Reformed Church - A Brief History" (by. J.B.) NRO 4254, P270.
Source of quotation:
“Nec tamen consumebatur”: Exodus 3:2 (The story of Moses and the Burning Bush)
Northumberland Record Office "Norham United Reformed Church - A Brief History" (by. J.B.) NRO 4254, P270.
Source of quotation:
“Nec tamen consumebatur”: Exodus 3:2 (The story of Moses and the Burning Bush)
Research acknowledgements
Janet Brown; Sheelagh Hume; Tony Harding
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Stained Glass Window 1939-45 Scottish Presbyterian (N27.05)
NORHAM Presbyterian Church
Original plaque:
These four windows
were dedicated
in memory of the
Norham men
who fell in the war
1939-1945.
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Herbert Bruce, R.N Sergt. William Murray R.N.F.
John Davidson R.N. Thomas Wait, R.N.F.
Richard Elliott, R.N.F. William Wait, R.N.F.
Petty Offr. John Guthrie, R.N. Corp. John Weatherburn, R.N.F.
Flt.Lieut. John Johnston, R.A.F. Adam Wharton, R.N.
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Lower plaque
One of the four windows
and the dedicatory plaque
removed from
Norham United Reformed Church
before it closed in 1997.
NamesN27.05
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