Memorial Details
Memorial
Tower 1914-18 St. Mary
Reference
S128.01
Place
SOUTH HYLTON
Map ref
NZ 353569
Original Location
St. Mary’s Church, Church Street.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Stone - Unveiled 16th August 1924 by Major J.R. Wigham
Memorial Description
Tower in south side where a porch is normally situated.
Inset is a stone 5 feet 7 inches high x 3 feet 2 inches wide with plain chamfered edge mounted in the entrance. The names are listed in two columns. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Inset is a stone 5 feet 7 inches high x 3 feet 2 inches wide with plain chamfered edge mounted in the entrance. The names are listed in two columns. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
Inscription
This tower / is erected / for a memorial before God / of / the parishioners of Ford / who gave their lives / in the Great War 1914 - 1918
When I awake up after thy likeness / I shall be satisfied with it
When I awake up after thy likeness / I shall be satisfied with it
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
G.E. Charlwood
Notes
1. The church was built c1880, designed by C. Hodgson Fowler.
2. The bells and clock are not part of the memorial.
3. “Tower Fund Committee had been established in 1919. At the Thanksgiving for Peace the collection had been put aside for a suitable memorial for the War Dead of the village. The following January the exact form of this memorial was discussed. It was agreed that a tablet should be erected in the church, but there was rather more money available than was needed for just a tablet and the P.C.C. was asked by Mr. Teape to consider the alternatives of finding the salary for an Assistant Curate, or having a bell tower constructed. Both projects were costed and it was decided that a bell tower was the most easily funded idea. The Tower Fund Committee was thus formed at the Congregational meeting of November 1919. That year the Harvest Festival collection was divided between the Tower Fund and the purchase of new vestments. Mr. Teape proposed a design for the tower and had posters printed to appeal for funds and to show how the church would look properly bell towered.
Ill health forced Mr. Teape to retire in 1922 and he was succeeded by the Rev. G. Wreford Brown. Fund raising was slow and the Tower Fund sank into obscurity during Mr. Wreford Brown’s incumbency, but under the Rev. E.L. Fuller, his successor, the business was raised again and a new, cheaper (and in view of the subsidence by then affecting the north wall, much safer) design was chosen, and the work went ahead. The old single bell, saved from the wreckage of the first St. Mary’s, was given to the church of St. Mary Magdalene and Mr. Teape’s generous gift of 4 new bells was accepted with enthusiasm. The tower clock was given by Mrs. Hedley to commemorate her late husband Alfred Octavius Hedley. The new bell tower was dedicated in May 1930.” (Quoted from an unknown source in Simon Raine’s notes).
2. The bells and clock are not part of the memorial.
3. “Tower Fund Committee had been established in 1919. At the Thanksgiving for Peace the collection had been put aside for a suitable memorial for the War Dead of the village. The following January the exact form of this memorial was discussed. It was agreed that a tablet should be erected in the church, but there was rather more money available than was needed for just a tablet and the P.C.C. was asked by Mr. Teape to consider the alternatives of finding the salary for an Assistant Curate, or having a bell tower constructed. Both projects were costed and it was decided that a bell tower was the most easily funded idea. The Tower Fund Committee was thus formed at the Congregational meeting of November 1919. That year the Harvest Festival collection was divided between the Tower Fund and the purchase of new vestments. Mr. Teape proposed a design for the tower and had posters printed to appeal for funds and to show how the church would look properly bell towered.
Ill health forced Mr. Teape to retire in 1922 and he was succeeded by the Rev. G. Wreford Brown. Fund raising was slow and the Tower Fund sank into obscurity during Mr. Wreford Brown’s incumbency, but under the Rev. E.L. Fuller, his successor, the business was raised again and a new, cheaper (and in view of the subsidence by then affecting the north wall, much safer) design was chosen, and the work went ahead. The old single bell, saved from the wreckage of the first St. Mary’s, was given to the church of St. Mary Magdalene and Mr. Teape’s generous gift of 4 new bells was accepted with enthusiasm. The tower clock was given by Mrs. Hedley to commemorate her late husband Alfred Octavius Hedley. The new bell tower was dedicated in May 1930.” (Quoted from an unknown source in Simon Raine’s notes).
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby
Northern Echo 24/11/1920 reports decision to build the tower at a cost of £5,000, towards which £600 had been promised.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/08/1924 reports unveiling of the stone plaque only.
Sunderland Echo 16/08/1924 reports proposed unveiling; 18/08/1926 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
"When I awake up after thy likeness . . . " based on Psalm 17 v 15.
Northern Echo 24/11/1920 reports decision to build the tower at a cost of £5,000, towards which £600 had been promised.
Illustrated Chronicle 18/08/1924 reports unveiling of the stone plaque only.
Sunderland Echo 16/08/1924 reports proposed unveiling; 18/08/1926 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation
"When I awake up after thy likeness . . . " based on Psalm 17 v 15.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
Sharon Vincent is researching the names on this memorial.
Contact: sharonvincent03@hotmail.com
Tower 1914-18 St. Mary (S128.01)
SOUTH HYLTON St. Mary’s Church
This tower
is erected
for a memorial before God
of
the parishioners of Ford
who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914 - 1918
Allison John James Hall Thomas
Anderson Mark Hopper Henderson Matthew
Barker William Howorth Thomas Littlefair
Barker Christopher Irwing George Moody
Barwick William Liddell Joseph
Bell William Walker MacLean James
Bentley Joseph Bartram Morrison Thomas William
Browell George Naisbitt John Thomas
Burge Harry Railton John
Burge Clifford Rathbone Charles
Carter James Rathbone William
Charlton Albert Renwick Edward Francis
Clark Thomas William Rundle William
Cunningham George Scrowther John Clark
Davey Sydney Daniel Stothard Anthony
Dinsdale William Stothard James
Dinsdale James Stothard Joseph
English Charles Arthur Thompson Alfred
Ferguson Joseph Wake John Edward
Gibbon James Robert Wheatley Thomas
Gibbon John William Wild Thomas William
Griffen Edward William
When I awake up after thy likeness
I shall be satisfied with it
NamesS128.01
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