Memorial

Cottages 1914-18 Colliery

Chilton Buildings

Memorial Name: Cottages 1914-18 Colliery (C107.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: C107.01

Parish: Chilton Buildings

Original Location:

On east side of Eden Terrace, almost opposite the Wheatsheaf pub.

Present Location:

The First Aid Station clinic is now a health centre, and a child welfare centre.

The two cottages and the site containing 1540 square yards was conveyed to the Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association on 27th September 1955.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Erected in 1924 as a first-aid station for the colliery.

The cottages were opened by Mrs. Clarence Pease.

Her husband Clarence opened the first aid station and unveiled the plaque.

Materials Used:

Brick and slate.

Who Commissioned:

Chilton Colliery Welfare Fund.

Cost:

Approx. £2,000

How Money was Raised:

Colliery Welfare Fund

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Mr. W.A. Kellett, Bishop Auckland.

Ownership and Maintenance: Durham Aged Mineworkers Homes Association

Inscription:

1914-1919
These cottages were
erected 1924 by
Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co Ltd.
in memory of those from
Chilton Colliery who gave
their lives in the Great War

Memorial Description:

Single storey brick and slate building with large windows and decorative stonework.

There is a large slate plaque 78 inches high x 48 inches wide (198cms x 122cms) bearing the names listed in two columns.

On the lintel above is a stone plaque giving the dedication, with the dates incised into the stonework on either side.

All lettering is sans serif capitals.

Names:

93 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The cottages were to house two disabled soldiers and their families.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall

Auckland Chronicle
19/06/1924 reports opening with photographs

Durham County Advertiser
20/06/1924 records opening ceremony.

 

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Gordon Gray (Durham Aged Miners Homes);
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

CHILTON BUILDINGS   

 

         These cottages were

         erected 1924 by                         

  1914   Messrs. Henry Stobart & Co Ltd.       1919

         in memory of those from

         Chilton Colliery who gave

         their lives in the Great War”

 

  Allen, F.          Langdale, R

  Abram, T.          Moody, S.

  Atkinson, A.K.     Matthews, J.N.

  Buller, W.         Moyle, T.

  Binns, C.          Moore, T.

  Burrows, T.        Neasham, C.

  Brompton, W.       Oyston, T.

  Britton, M.        O‘Brien J.

  Beadnell, G.       Parkin, E.

  Blades, E.         Prudhoe, G.

  Charlton, L.       Phillipson, A.E.

  Croft, J.          Peacock, W.

  Cant, J.T.         Pickering, A.J.

  Clement, W.        Rivers, R.

  Dixon, T.          Ross, S.

  Davies, A.         Richardson, M.

  Duff, E.           Robinson, W.

  Davies, W.         Stanworth, J.

  Dixon, G.          Smith, F.

  Donnelly, J.       Stirling, N.

  Elliott, R.        Savage, W.

  Forrest, T.        Snaith, F.

  Fitchett, E.       Turner, C.

  Flook, R.          Teasdale, W.

  Gash, J.           Teador, W.

  Graham, T.         Tunstall, J.

  Gitten, R.         Taylor, J.R.

  Gargett, J.        Thompson, T.B.

  Garrett, J.        Toase, E.

  Hardy, G.A.        Wilson, C.T.

  Hardy, J.W.        Williams, T.

  Hudson, T.         Walker, J.

  Hopkins, G.        Winter, J.

  Hartnell, S.       Winter, T.

  Ingle, G.          Wardle, J.

  Johnson, R.        Welch, R.

  Johnson, W.        Wynn, R.E.

  Knight, J.         Webb, G.

  Lynch, J.          Whitehouse, C.

  Lindsay, W.        Watson, J.       

  Linningham, F.     Williams, J.

  Lax, W.            Ward, J.         

  Lowery, J.         Woolridge, H.

  Lowery, C.         Yare, T.

  Taylor, W          Taylor, A.

  Smith, C.W.

NamesC107.01        

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