Organ and Plaque 1914-18 St. Paul

St. Paul’s Church (demolished)

The plaque was moved to the church hall at Quarrington Hill when St. Paul’s was demolished.

It then went to Quarrington Hill Community Centre

The plaque is now in the new Christ the King Church at Bowburn which opened in 2008 on the site of the old Christ the King Church.

1914-18

Unveiled 8th August 1920 by Dean Welldon of Durham

Brass plaque on oak pattress.

£200

Public subscription

Organ supplied and erected by Mr. W. Lawson of South Shields.

To the glory of God
and in memory of the men
of the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington with Bowburn
who Fought and Died for Justice and Liberty
† in the Great War 1914-1919 †
Bowburn
(Names)
Cassop
(Names)
Quarrington
(Names)
“Their names shall live for ever”

Organ, double manual with fourteen stops.

Plaque 30 inches high x 22 inches wide (76cms x 56cms) set on a wood pattress 24 inches high x 33 inches wide (61cms x 84cms) which bears the dedication.

There is a single line border with studs at intervals, the line going round the studs.

The words “To the glory of God”, the place name headings and the quotation at the bottom are in red enamel.

The names are listed in seven columns.

All lettering in the dedication is elaborate upper and lower case, the names are in Roman black lettering with some red.

1. The Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 09/08/1920 reports:-76 men who fell in the war; 33 belonged Bowburn, 16 to Cassop and 27 to Quarrington.

Photos: C. Sanders; Mike Syer

Auckland and County Chronicle
12/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Durham Chronicle
13/08/1920 reports unveiling.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
09/08/1920 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Source of quotation:
“Their names shall live for ever”. Presumably based on “Ecclesiasticus 44: Their name liveth for evermore”.

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Clive Lawson;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Mike Syer

Bowburn Local History Society have researched the names on the Quarrington Hill memorials

Contact: bowburnlhs@gmail.com