Memorial

Stained Glass Window 1914-1918 St. John Presbyterian

South Shields

Memorial Name: Stained Glass Window 1914-1918 St. John Presbyterian (S86.160)

NEWMP Ref No.: S86.160

Parish: South Shields

Original Location:

St. John Presbyterian Church, Beach Road

Present Location:

The Church now St. Paul and St. John’s United Reformed Church.

It is on the south side of the junction of Beach Road (formerly Ogle Terrace) and Anderson Street.

Ownership and Maintenance: St. Paul and St. John's UR Church.

Inscription:

To the Glory of God and
in memory of those who
gave their lives during
the war 1914-1919

Memorial Description:

East window.

This is a circular window featuring an angel with arm outstretched over a kneeling knight, with other knights in the background.

Around the circumference at the top are the words “These are they which came out of the great tribulation.”

In the bottom left is a scroll which bears the dedication.

Names:

None

Notes:

1. The first Presbyterian church to be built in South Shields was at the head of Mile End Road and Long Bank in 1718. This was called the Low Meeting House.
In 1778 there was a split in the congregation at the Low Meeting House following a dispute concerning who should be appointed minister. The splinter group built a church in Heugh street in 1789 and eventually became the Mile End Road Presbyterian Church. The Low Meeting House remained without a minister until 1782.
A second secession took place from the Low Meeting House in 1833 and a church was built in Saville Street.
In 1842 the congregation at the Low Meeting House and that of Saville Street reunited at the Saville Street Chapel and the Low Meeting House was sold.
In 1877 the congregation moved to Ocean Road as St John’s.
In 1968 St John’s Church united with St Paul’s and changed its name to St. Paul and St. John’s URC.