Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window Plaque 1914-18 Hope Street Methodist
Reference
C121.14
Place
CROOK
Original Location
Hope Street Methodist
Present Location
Dawson Street Methodist United Reformed Church
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Two circular stained glass windows.
The left hand smaller window shows Jesus with children.
The right hand larger window has an abstract Art Deco design, at the bottom of which is the dedication written in black inside a frame on plain glass, using elaborate Roman capitals throughout.
Below the larger window there is also a brass plaque 38 cm high x 61 cm wide which bears the dedication. The names are listed in three columns. Lettering is elaborate lower case for the dedication, sans serf capitals for the names and sans serif lower case for the quotation.
The left hand smaller window shows Jesus with children.
The right hand larger window has an abstract Art Deco design, at the bottom of which is the dedication written in black inside a frame on plain glass, using elaborate Roman capitals throughout.
Below the larger window there is also a brass plaque 38 cm high x 61 cm wide which bears the dedication. The names are listed in three columns. Lettering is elaborate lower case for the dedication, sans serf capitals for the names and sans serif lower case for the quotation.
Materials used
Glass windows; brass plaque.
Inscription
On smaller of two windows:
In loving memory of the young men of / this Church who paid the Supreme Sacrifice / in the Great European War : 1914 – 1918. / Erected by the members and friends of the Church. /
On brass plaque:
To the Glory of God / This window is erected by the teachers and scholars / in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the / Great War 1914 – 1919.
Their name liveth for ever.
In loving memory of the young men of / this Church who paid the Supreme Sacrifice / in the Great European War : 1914 – 1918. / Erected by the members and friends of the Church. /
On brass plaque:
To the Glory of God / This window is erected by the teachers and scholars / in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the / Great War 1914 – 1919.
Their name liveth for ever.
Names
Present condition
Excellent
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon
Source of quotation:
Their name liveth for ever: Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 44 v 15
Source of quotation:
Their name liveth for ever: Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus 44 v 15
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Mrs Edna March, Minister and Church workers; John and Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
The names on this memorial are being researched by Aaron Cowen
Contact cowenaaron@hotmail.com
Contact cowenaaron@hotmail.com
Stained Glass Window Plaque 1914-18 Hope Street Methodist (C121.14)
CROOK Hope Street Methodist Church (Closed)
On smaller of two windows:
In loving memory of the young men of
this Church who paid the Supreme Sacrifice
in the Great European War : 1914 – 1918.
Erected by the members and friends of the Church.
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On brass plaque:
To the Glory of God
This window is erected by the teachers and scholars
in remembrance of those who gave their lives in the
Great War 1914 – 1919.
A. Armstrong T. Dowson G. Richardson
W. Auton W. Heslop J. Lambert
F. Braithwaite H.H. Smith W. Hutchinson
A.G. Burnip F.A. Smith R.W. Parkin
J.W. Cooke S. Smith J.H. Parkin
T. Cummins J.E. Smith C.H. Macdonald
W.G. Dalton F. Smith G.W. Wearmouth
G.W. Young
Their name liveth for ever.
NamesC121.14
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