Memorial

Stained Glass Window and Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew

Newbottle

Memorial Name: Stained Glass Window and Plaque 1914-18 St. Matthew (N59.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: N59.01

Parish: Newbottle

Original Location:

St. Matthew’s Church, Front Street, Newbottle

In the nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 2nd August 1922 by Lord Joicey;
dedicated by the Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Plaque is of brass in wood frame.

Cost:

Estimated at £600.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription and fund raising.
A former vicar sent £5; Lord Joicey gave £50.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Stained glass window is by Atkinson of Newcastle.
Plaque made by Messrs. Thew of Newcastle,
mounted on a frame made by Messrs. Slack of Newbottle.
Designed by R.J. Scorer

Inscription:

On window:
To the glory
of God and in
Memory of the
Men whose names
are recorded on
the tablet below.

On the plaque:
1914   A tribute of honour and regard to the men of the parish
of Newbottle who gave their lives in the Great War         1919

Memorial Description:

West window, of three divisions of two lights each.

Each set of two depicts a scene which is carried across both lights.

They depict left the call of Matthew; centre The Transfiguration; right The raising of the widow’s son.

At the foot of all six lights is an angel carrying a scroll.

The dedication is carried along the bottom of all six lights.

Underneath is a plaque 22 inches high x 54 inches wide (560mm x 1.37m) set in a carved wood frame 38 inches high x 91 inches wide (970mm x 2.31m) which has a pillar at each side and a notched edge above the plaque.

The plaque itself has a wide patterned border.

The dedication is in Gothic script.

The names are listed in seven columns using Roman capitals.

Names:

108 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Of a population of 6,000, 10% had “played their part”.

2. The peace celebrations had supplied surplus funds which were spent on entertaining the returned troops at a special evening organised by the Parish Council.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders  Simon Raine; David Sloan

Auckland and County Chronicle
06/08/1920 reports proposals for a window;
10/08/1922 reports unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
 07/04/1922 carries brief report

Illustrated Chronicle
 01/08/1922 carries photo of window with report of unveiling tomorrow.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
20/10/1921 reports fund raising sale of work.

Stanley and Consett News
 10/08/1922 reports unveiling.

The Story Durham (formerly County Durham Record Office)
Faculty for the erection of a stained glass window and tablet, 28/07/1922

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

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
James Pasby;
Alan Vickers;
Dorothy Hall;
David Sloan

Research In Progress:

David Sloan is researching the names on this memorial.

Contact: david.sloan@btinternet.com

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Names Documents:

       A tribute of honour and regard to the men of the parish

  1914 of Newbottle who gave their lives in the Great War      1919

  

—————————————————-

Column 1             Column 2                  

  

  Allen, Norman        Brown, John H.        

  Almond, Charles      Brown, Thomas W.        

  Anderson, John G.    Cairns, John         

  Atkinson, Richard    Carr, Robert W.       

  Ayscough, Thomas     Charlton, Edward G.   

  Baggott, Fred        Clarke, Alfred P.     

  Bennett, William     Coates, William B.    

  Benson, Eric         Cole, Robert A.       

  Bewick, John F.      Coulson, Norman D.    

  Bewick, Thomas W.    Cowburn, Thomas      

  Birbeck, William H.  Crabbe, Bertram J.     

  Bolam, Albert        Davis, Ralph         

  Bolton, Isaac        Dawson, John H.         

  Bolton, William      Dawson, R. Charles   

  Bradley, Isaac       Dixon, Walter J.      

  Brown, Benjamin A.   Dowell, Jacob         

—————————————————-

Column 3             Column 4                  

  

  Dunleavy, Michael    Johnstone, Ernest W.   

  Durkin, Owen         Laidler, Joseph    

  Elliot, David        Lamb, Arthur J.     

  Gates, George        Lamb, Joseph H.    

  Gibbons, Martin      Laver, Arthur

  Gould, Herbert E.    Liddell, James A.   

  Green, Robert        Liddle, John H.    

  Grey, Reginald       Lovett, Thomas    

  Grice, William J.    Luke, John H.      

  Harding, Thomas      Lynn, George T.    

  Hardy, William       Malcolm, James    

  Henderson, John W.   Matson, Edward P.

  Heslop, William      Maughan, William  

  Hogg, Ralph          McArdle, Michael  

  Holt, Thomas         McDermott, James  

  Hopkinson, Thomas    McGrath, Edward      

—————————————————-

Column 5             Column 6                  

  

  Miller, Frank        Reid, Henry            

  Moody, Ernest        Rennie, James        

  Moore, John T.       Rice, Alfred            

  Moss, Albert E.      Richardson, Thomas   

  Murray, Fred         Richardson, William  

  Nicol, Andrew        Robb, Peter          

  O‘Connor, Patrick    Robson, Fenwick      

  Oxenham, George      Rutherford, John G.   

  Patton, David        Scott, Frederick     

  Peebles, John        Scott, Joseph        

  Pendergast, Wm.      Sheriff, Frederick   

  Quinn, Timothy       Smith, Alexander     

  Raine, John          Smith, Matthew W.         

  Ramshaw, Joseph      Smith, Norman T.           

  Reavley, John        Stavers, Stephen            

  Redpath, George      Taylor, Matthew

—————————————————-

Column 7

  

  Thewliss, Chas. H.B.   

  Thompson, John C.     

  Towers, John R.

  Tubmen, Richard T.

  Turnbull, John   

  Tweddell, A. John

  Vose, John        

  Walton, Thomas    

  Watt, Joseph W.    

  Wheldon, Robert   

  White, John R.     

  White, Thomas     

  Wilson, Charles   

  Wilson, Thomas E.

NamesN59.01       

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