Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary
Reference
S133.01
Place
STAINDROP
Map ref
NZ 130206
Original Location
Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Front Street
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 12th December 1920 by Lord Barnard, M.C.
Memorial Description
Plaque, 7 feet high x 3 feet wide, gilded and very ornate with crucifix and elaborate tracery at the top. The main plaque is edged by an elaborately carved border. The top of the main panel is divided into two panels 1 foot 8 inches high x 1 foot wide, each bearing the names in a single column.
The lettering is incised and blackened using elaborate capitals. Above and below this, the quotation and the dedication are across the whole panel, the letters raised in elaborate capitals.
Beneath it is “a very fine, heavy oak table, made from oak grown in the district, by Mr. John Dickinson, of Raby”. On it stand two brass flower holders and the Book of Remembrance.
The lettering is incised and blackened using elaborate capitals. Above and below this, the quotation and the dedication are across the whole panel, the letters raised in elaborate capitals.
Beneath it is “a very fine, heavy oak table, made from oak grown in the district, by Mr. John Dickinson, of Raby”. On it stand two brass flower holders and the Book of Remembrance.
Materials used
Oak and brass.
Inscription
Their name liveth for evermore.
Giving thanks to God for a great / deliverance, this tablet is erected / to keep alive the memory of the / men from this parish who fell in / the Great War 1914-1919.
God grant them eternal rest.
Giving thanks to God for a great / deliverance, this tablet is erected / to keep alive the memory of the / men from this parish who fell in / the Great War 1914-1919.
God grant them eternal rest.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
G.H. Richardson
Notes
1. Northern Echo states that the memorial was made by Messrs. Bowman of Stamford.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon; Kevin Richardson
Darlington and Stockton Times 18/12/1920
Durham County Advertiser 30/11/1922
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 28/07/1921 reports permission to hold a flower show in September.
Durham Record Office Photograph D/X 605/81
Sources of quotations :
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 15;
“God grant them eternal rest” Variation on Mass for the Dead.
Darlington and Stockton Times 18/12/1920
Durham County Advertiser 30/11/1922
Northern Echo 13/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 28/07/1921 reports permission to hold a flower show in September.
Durham Record Office Photograph D/X 605/81
Sources of quotations :
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 15;
“God grant them eternal rest” Variation on Mass for the Dead.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; John and Mavis Dixon; Kevin Richardson; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 St. Mary (S133.01)
STAINDROP St. Mary’s Church
Their name liveth for evermore.
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Norman Anderson Robert Oliver
Archibald Arnison Frank Pyburn
Alan Bailey Frank Robinson
Sydney Best Fred Saltmarsh
Alfred Brown Thomas Saltmarsh
Arthur Brown Fred Scott
Harry Brown Edward Shepherd
William Brown Thomas Skerrow
Albert Edward Buckle William Spence
James Burrows David William Storey
Tom Coates Harry Stubbings
James Connell Charles Swales
William Dawson Edward Tarn
Wilson Denham Harry Tate
Henderson Dent Harry Thompson
George Nixon Dent John Thornton
Arthur Fawcett Henry Cecil Vane
John Bernard Frankton George Walker
Charles Mudd Joseph William Walker
James Murray Percy Woolliams
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Giving thanks to God for a great
deliverance, this tablet is erected
to keep alive the memory of the
men from this parish who fell in
the Great War 1914-1919.
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God grant them eternal rest.
NamesS133.01
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