Stained Glass Window and Plaques 1939-45 St. Paul

St. Paul’s Church, west wall of church.

1939-45

Unveiled and dedicated September 1947 by Dr. Cyril Alington, Dean of Durham.

Brass plaques

£370

Public subscription.

Millican, Baguley and Atkinson Ltd.

On window:
This window was
erected to the
memory of those
from this parish
who fell in the
Second World War 1939-1945

On plaque:
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Stained glass window of four lights with three oculi above.

In the topmost oculus is Christ in glory, with angels in the lower two oculi, with the glorious rays coming from God into the four main lights which depict eleven disciples, individually named, either kneeling or standing, kneeling and looking upwards.

Each light has at the top the winged symbol of the four evangelists: an eagle (St. John); lion (St. Mark); bull (St. Luke); man (St.  Matthew).

The dedication is carried on a scroll at the bottom of the two inner lights.

At the bottom of the two central lights is a scroll giving the details.

Underneath is a brass plaque 14 inches high x 40 inches wide (36cms x 102cms) bearing the Binyon quotation.

Beneath this are two vertical brass plaques on plain wood pattresses each 26 inches high x 16 inches wide (66cms x 41cms.

These bear the names listed in a single column on each, using Roman capitals.

Photos: Simon Raine, C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle
12/09/1947 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation:
“They shall grow not old . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall;
C. Sanders;

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