Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Primitive Methodist

Langley Park

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Fallen Primitive Methodist (L64.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: L64.06

Parish: Langley Park

Original Location:

Primitive Methodist Church, Quebec Street

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled ?3rd October 1920 by Mr. Joseph Penny, an old member.
Dedicated by Rev. J.S. Nightingale and Rev. J. Collingwood.

Materials Used:

“Heavy worked brass” on marble pattress.

Cost:

£40

How Money was Raised:

Members and friends of the church.

Inscription:

(Dedicated to those members killed in the war).

Memorial Description:

Plaque on black pattress.

Names:

11 names of those killed
1 old member who died during the period of the Great War.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The two Methodist churches in Langley Park united n the 1970s to become St. Andrew’s Methodist Church. The Quebec Street premises were sold and the memorials remained in situ.

In 2015 the church is used as a factory with no sign or knowledge of the memorials.

Sources:

Durham Chronicle
08/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

LANGLEY PARK   Primitive Methodist

 

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

—————————————————–

         John Christar

         J. Simpson

         F. Coult

         George Russ

         C. Hiddleston

         E. Eccleston

         Is. Bewley

         J.W. Fullard

         R. Hiddleston

         Jas. Haswell

         A. Swinbank

         A.W. Fisher.

NamesL64.06  

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