Memorial

Lychgate 1914-18 1939-45 Christ Church

Great Lumley

Memorial Name: Lychgate 1914-18 1939-45 Christ Church (G50.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: G50.01

Parish: Great Lumley

Original Location:

Christ Church, Front Street / Cocken Lane

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated 19th June 1954 by Rt.Rev. A.M. Ramsey, Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Freestone from Springwell Colliery;
oak wood from Lambton Estate.
Oak gate, stone walls, copper plaques.

Who Commissioned:

Local Committee.

Cost:

approx. £600.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.
Oak wood supplied by the Earl of Durham from the Lambton Estate.
Lumley Colliery Welfare Committee gave £140.
House to house collection raised £80.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Hicks and Charlwood, Architects.
Stonework carried out by Dunelm Granite Co.
Woodwork by Thompson and Sons of Chester le Street.

Inscription:

Front cross lintel:
I am the Resurrection and the Life.

Rear cross lintel :
1914-1918 1939-1945

a.
Roll of Honour
1914-1918

b.
Roll of Honour
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Lychgate of stained oak resting on limestone walls, and green Westmorland slates with gates to the front.

The pitched roof is finished in grey slate.

The inscription above the entrance gate reads : “I am the Resurrection and the Life”.

There are two plaques, one attached to each side pillar.

The left hand one, for 1914-18, bears the names in two columns.

The right hand one, for 1939-45, bears the names in a single column.

The lettering is finished in white capitals.

Names:

a. 51 surnames and initials.
b. 19 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1.  Among those attending the dedication was Mr. T.R. Lowerson “who helped to build it”.

External Links:

Great Lumley webpage

Sources:

Photos: Errol Broomfield; Ron Carson; Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle
25/06/1954 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
 25/06/1954 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Durham
 Faculty 17/08/1953

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Lu 25 Order of service for dedication of war memorial lych-gate, 19 June 1954 (l paper)
Ref: EP/Lu 91 Minutes of Parochial Church Council, 20 June 1933 – 11 March 1948 [includes minutes of War Memorial Committee, 25 February 1946 – 17 May 1955] (l volume, leather half-bound)

The People’s History: Great Lumley & Fence Houses Lena Cooper 2001 ISBN 1 902527 267

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
 “I am the resurrection and the life” : St. John 11 v 25

Additional Research Documents

G50.01 Order of Service 1954

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Research Acknowledgements:

Errol Broomfield;
Ron Carson;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

Great Lumley, Christ Church lychgate

  “I am the resurrection and the life”.

———————————-

Left Plaque

    

  Roll of Honour

               

  1914 – 1918

  J.  Appleby        H.   Lowerson

  J.  Bewley         J.W. Lowery

  B.  Black          D.   McDonald

  E.  Bolam          W.   McGarrigle

  J.  Blenkiron      J.   McKenzie

  R.  Blenkiron      A.   Meek

  R.  Burns          W.   Meek

  J.  Carr           J.   Metcalf

  R.  Coxon          R.   Minto

  J.  Chapman        T.   Moody

  N.  Curry          R.   Mosby

  R.  Dobson         G.   Nelson

  W.  Driver         J.M. Newton

  J.  Errington      J.   O’Hara

  T.  Fawcett        E.   Pimlett

  B.  Finlay         J.   Pimlett

  T.  Hall           W.   Porteous

  A.  Herdman        N.   Ridley

  A.  Hooker         W.   Stanger

  J.  Hutchinson     E.   Stevenson

  T.  Hutchinson     J.   Trotter

  H.  Jackson        T.   Tulip

  J.  Kirkup         G.   Watkins

  J.  Knox           E.   Welsh

  J.  Leyburn        J.   Welsh

  J.  Lowerson

———————————-

Right Plaque      

  Roll of Honour

  1939 – 1945

  S.   Armstrong

  T.   Brown

  R.B. Cole

  A.   Conn

  C.   Duffy

  R.   Fawcett

  T.   Holmes

  G.   Johnson

  J.   Lowery

  J.   Parker

  W.   Parker

  T.   Pascoe

  J.   Renwick

  A.   Swinney

  J.V. Taylor

  J.   Trotter

  E.   Vardy

  J.   Watson                                                   

  W.   Young

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