Memorial Details
Memorial
Font 1914-18 1939-45 Beaconsfield Primitive Methodist
Reference
B42.35
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 315814
Original Location
Beaconsfield Street Primitive Methodist Church (demolished).
Present Location
New Central Methodist Church in Beaconsfield Street
Which war
a.1914-18
b.1939-45
b.1939-45
Memorial Description
Font, with slender oak column 40 inches high standing on oak base supporting a narrow octagonal font of 14½ inches diameter. Five faces of the sides of the font bear brass plates, the other three faces are carved with an abstract pattern. The lettering in each case is in Roman serif capitals. See also B42.09.
Materials used
Oak with brass plates, one for each of 5 different churches.
Inscription
In memory of the members of / Beaconsfield Methodist Church / who made the supreme sacrifice / during the Great Wars / 1914-1918 /.....1939-1945
In heavenly love abiding.
In heavenly love abiding.
Names
Notes
1. The inscription on the original is unknown.
2. Originally in the Blyth Beaconsfield Street Primitive Methodist Church, which was closed in the 1960s and amalgamated with Blyth Central Methodist Church, Waterloo Road. This was demolished in 1989 and replaced by the New Central Methodist Church in Beaconsfield Street, opened 1990.
2. Originally in the Blyth Beaconsfield Street Primitive Methodist Church, which was closed in the 1960s and amalgamated with Blyth Central Methodist Church, Waterloo Road. This was demolished in 1989 and replaced by the New Central Methodist Church in Beaconsfield Street, opened 1990.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo of modern font: J. Brown
Source of quotation:
“In heavenly love abiding” First line of a Hymn by Anna L. Waring, 1850, based on John 15:10
Source of quotation:
“In heavenly love abiding” First line of a Hymn by Anna L. Waring, 1850, based on John 15:10
Research acknowledgements
The late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Tony Harding; J. Brown
Research In Progress
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Font 1914-18 1939-45 Beaconsfield Primitive Methodist (B42.35)
BLYTH, Beaconsfield Primitive Methodist Church (demolished).
In memory of the members of
Beaconsfield Methodist Church
who made the supreme sacrifice
during the Great Wars
1914-1918
Andrew Easton
Andrew Farley
George Jackson
1939-1945
Kenneth Allen
John George Beckwith
Leonard Blades
J. George Govans
Edmund Storey
"In heavenly love abiding"
NamesB42.35
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