Lectern Corker 1916 St. John the Baptist

Church of St. John the Baptist, Front Street. (Closed)

Langley Moor Roman Catholic Church

1914-18

Dedicated January 1917, at which Rev. C.H. Kirk, Vicar of Waterhouses, was the special preacher.

Brass-coloured metal

( Richard Corker)
“He did his duty”.

Lectern 48 inches high (122cms) with pierced fretwork bookrest with the I.H.S. monogram at centre.

The central column is plain with three other columns in a “barley sugar” pattern round it.

The base is circular, rising in several stages.

The inscription is round the bottom in Gothic script.

1. Sergt. Corker’s name does not appear clearly on this memorial. The information that the lectern was dedicated to his memory was found through search of Diocesan Faculty Papers.

2. See his Every Name a Story entry

3. The church closed in February 2011. This lectern went to Langley Moor R.C. Church.

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon

Auckland and County Chronicle
25/01/1917 reports proposed dedication ‘next Sunday’.

Illustrated Chronicle
23/09/1916 reports application for faculty

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
“He did his duty” Used extensively on Great War posters and in military propaganda.

John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall;
Durham Diocesan Office;
Ann Lawlor, Hamsteels History Group

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