Memorial Details
Memorial
Cottages 1914-18
Reference
E61.02
Place
ELDON
Map ref
2327
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921
Memorial Description
Pair of semi-detached cottages of brick and slate. There is a plaque 1 foot 3 inches high x 2 feet wide bearing the dedication. Two other plaques each 2 feet 10 inches high x 2 feet 3 inches wide bear the names in two columns on each, incised and blackened.
Materials used
Sandstone plaque with leaded lettering.
Inscription
First plaque :
These cottages were erected by Messrs Pease and Partners Ltd. / as a memorial to the workmen of Eldon Colliery / who fell in the Great War / Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921
Second plaque
In memory of the following / who gave / their lives in the Great War.
These cottages were erected by Messrs Pease and Partners Ltd. / as a memorial to the workmen of Eldon Colliery / who fell in the Great War / Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921
Second plaque
In memory of the following / who gave / their lives in the Great War.
Names
Who commissioned
Pease and Partners
Present condition
Cottages modernised.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Built by A. Metcalf and Sons of Shildon.
Notes
1. The extended gable ends at the front have been boxed in by glass to make a joint front porch. The walls have been whitewashed.
2. The cottages were originally “for disabled soldiers which, after having served this purpose, would become homes for aged miners.”
3. Lord Gainford was presented with a silver casket as a memento of the occasion.
4. The memorial cross was unveiled prior to the opening of these cottages.
2. The cottages were originally “for disabled soldiers which, after having served this purpose, would become homes for aged miners.”
3. Lord Gainford was presented with a silver casket as a memento of the occasion.
4. The memorial cross was unveiled prior to the opening of these cottages.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall
Auckland and County Chronicle 22/09/1921
Northern Echo 26/09/1921 reports opening of the cottages
Darlington & Stockton Times (North) 01/10/1921 reports opening;
Evening Dispatch 26/09/1921 reports opening.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 26/09/1921 reports opening.
Auckland and County Chronicle 22/09/1921
Northern Echo 26/09/1921 reports opening of the cottages
Darlington & Stockton Times (North) 01/10/1921 reports opening;
Evening Dispatch 26/09/1921 reports opening.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 26/09/1921 reports opening.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Cottages 1914-18 (E61.02)
ELDON Cottages.
First plaque
These cottages were erected by Messrs Pearse and Partners Ltd.
as a memorial to the workmen of Eldon Colliery
who fell in the Great War
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Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921
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Left hand plaque:
In memory of the following
who gave
their lives in the Great War.
D.L.I. D.L.I.
Alder, A. Hubery, J.
Alderson, P. Hudspeth, J.
Barker, A. Hutchinson, J.
Bell, R. Jacques, R.
Bond, W. Jenkins H.
Bowe, A.H. Jenkinson, E.
Caygill, E. Laycock, F.
Coates, F.H. Mather, W. M.M.
Coatsworth, W. Matthews, J.
Coatsworth, Wm., M.M. Metcalfe, A.
Dixon, J. Milburn, J.T.
Dobson, W. Nattrass, W.
Elliott, J. Nichlin, W.
Farnaby, R. Pearson, B.
Firbank, F.W. Pounder, T.
Harburn, W. Preston, T.
Hill, J. Pugh, J.
Hoggarth, J.R. Rickerby, G.
Hubery, H. Rigg, F.
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Right hand plaque
In memory of the following
who gave
their lives in the Great War.
D.L.I. R.E.
Shepherd, W. Christon, J.
Sherrocks, J. Thornton, F.A.
Smurthwaite, J.W. Wilkinson, J.L.
Snowdon, J. R.F.A.
Stockdale, R. Bell, A.
Stonehouse, L. Bell, R.
Stout, J.E. Morris, J.
Tarn, C. YORKS
Thompson, J. Cooper, J.T.
Vasey, T. Franklin, W.
Walker, F. Greener, H.
Wilkinson, T. Summers, R.W.
Williams, J. Dack, H. - R.S.F.
Wilson, H. Griffiths, E., R.N.
Wilson, J.W. Peacock, A.H., Essex.
Wilson, M. Pratt, J.W., R.F.
Woodward, R.H. Raine, J., R.A.V.C.
R.A.S.C. Scott, P., M.G.C.
Collinson, G. Stanwix, H.N. Sher.For.
Duffy, C. Thompson, E., N.F.
NamesE61.02
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