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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Bells or bell tower
- District
- Stoke On Trent
- Town
- Hanley
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: C 23 July 1923
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Stafford - Unveiled
Date: C 23 July 1923
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38402
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Current location
View location on Google Maps- Previous locations
- St John the Evangelist Church (Redundant)
Town Rd
Hanley
Stoke On Trent
Staffordshire
ST1 1QE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ88355 47870
Denomination: Undefined - St Mary's Church
Saint Marys Place
Stafford
Lichfield
Staffordshire
ST16 2AP
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 92139 23207
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- St John the Evangelist Church (Redundant)
- Description
- The peal of 10 bells was re-cast and rehung and Bell No 2 was dedicated in memory of those killed in the war. The dedicatory inscription placed on one side
- Inscription
- RECAST AND REHUNG 1923/ BY THE CHURCH CHOIR/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, R
Handley, F
Holgate, G E
Holgate, G H
Jones, H B
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Bells
- Condition
- Hanley Bells
- WMO ID: 196208
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 05-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2019/20: Bells removed from St John's Church to be taken to St Mary's Church, Stafford. They undergo restoration work at Nicholsons as a part of the move. 2009: Stoke on Trent Council refuse planning permission to remove the bells from the bell chamber. 2005: Feasibility study carried out for conversion of the church into an auditorium, music school of excellence, cafe, shop and rentable space. Plans include refurbishment of the bells 1988: Church made redundant and future of the memorial is uncertain. Friends of St John's set up in 1993 to try to save the building.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Lichfield Diocesan Redundant Churches Committee
- Reference
- The Sentinel 23 July 1923; 02 May 2001
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