
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- Tynedale
- Town
- Hexham
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 2 November 1948
Attended by: Mr. E.P. Shield of Lloyds Bank, acting on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Brough, who were ill.
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70905
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Current location
This memorial has been removed from the wall following the refurbishment of the library.
Queen's Hall Library
Beaumont Street
Hexham
Tynedale
Northumberland
NE46 3LZ
England
OS Grid Ref: NY 93522 64011
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Moot Hall
Hexham
Tynedale
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Moot Hall
- Description
- Library of some 10,000 books and an endowment fund of £2,000, the interest from which was to be used for the purchase of new books. The dedication is on a brass plaque 15cm high x 53.5cm, on the south wall, between the shelves housing the library, where it was placed following the move from the Moot Hall. The inscription in incised in Roman lettering.
- Inscription
- The Brough Library/This collection was donated by the late Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Brough/to the townspeople of Hexham in commemoration of/victory in the Second World War 1939-45
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 150mm, width 535mm
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Brough of Thornley Gate, Allendale - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7639
- Leaflet published by the County Library Service in 1983 to mark the removal to the newly opened Queen’s Hall Arts Centre
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