Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window 1939-45 St. Mary
Reference
P12.07
Place
PONTELAND
Map ref
NZ 165729
Original Location
Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Main Street / North Road. East window on south transept.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1953-4
Memorial Description
Stained glass window of three lights. Each bears three roundels showing the three areas of military service. These are :
Left : Air, with (top) an angel; (middle) a pelican feeding her young, and (bottom) RAF badge.
Centre : Sea, with (top) Jesus in boat with two disciples; (middle) St. Peter with fish with coin in its mouth, and (bottom) an anchor.
Right : Land, with (top) St. Michael; (middle) sacrificial lamb, and (bottom) badge of Army.
The dedication is written across the bottom of these windows, lettering formed by painting background black and leaving the letters clear, using Roman capitals.
Beneath this, mounted on the wall, are two stone slabs, each 18 inches high x 3 feet wide, very plain, set side by side to form one long panel, on which are the names, incised in two columns in Roman capitals and painted black.
Left : Air, with (top) an angel; (middle) a pelican feeding her young, and (bottom) RAF badge.
Centre : Sea, with (top) Jesus in boat with two disciples; (middle) St. Peter with fish with coin in its mouth, and (bottom) an anchor.
Right : Land, with (top) St. Michael; (middle) sacrificial lamb, and (bottom) badge of Army.
The dedication is written across the bottom of these windows, lettering formed by painting background black and leaving the letters clear, using Roman capitals.
Beneath this, mounted on the wall, are two stone slabs, each 18 inches high x 3 feet wide, very plain, set side by side to form one long panel, on which are the names, incised in two columns in Roman capitals and painted black.
Materials used
Hoptonwood stone plaques.
Inscription
In memory of the men of this / parish who gave their lives / in the World War 1939-45
Names
Cost
Estimated £430
How money was raised
Public subscription
English Heritage Listing
In Grade I Listed Building
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Hartley & Co., Sunderland.
Designed by L.C. Evetts, Lecturer in Fine Arts, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Designed by L.C. Evetts, Lecturer in Fine Arts, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Notes
1. It is unfortunate that a pew has been placed so that it divides the slab bearing the names into two halves.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; Tony Harding
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1823, 01/09/1952
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1823, 01/09/1952
Research acknowledgements
Ponteland Local History Society; Janet Brown; P. Thirkell; the late R.W. Gould; Tony Harding; Patrick Easen
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Stained Glass Window 1939-45 St. Mary (P12.07)
PONTELAND, St. Mary the Virgin Church
Herbert Philipson Atkinson Stephen Wilmot McDonough
Matthew Richard Atkinson John Elphinstone Bates Mortimer
Samuel McAlonan Baillie Gordon Taylor Moscrop
Robert W. Davis Robert Charlton Ord
John Eckford David Mathwin D. Potts
Robert Yeoman Egdell George Mathwin Potts.
Alan Otto Glover John Walter Stell
John Geoffrey Errington Greenwood William Stevenson
Samuel H. Johnstone Stanley Vart
Kenneth Kinnear Stanley Walker
James Lapping Thomas Wilde
Douglas P.C. Mauchlen
NamesP12.07
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