Memorial details

Memorial type
Clock or clock tower
District
Sunderland
Town
Hetton
County
Tyne And Wear
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
JF Newey of York (Makers)
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: Aug 1922
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71111

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Current location

EASINGTON LANE
High Street
Hetton
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
DH5 0JS
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 36344 46057
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • The Hetton Centre (shops)-formerly the District Council Town Hall
    Pemberton Street
    Hetton-le-Hole
    Sunderland
    Tyne And Wear
    DH5 9JA
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NZ 35323 47519
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Clock of two faces suspended on a wrought iron bracket beneath a balcony. The numbers are in Roman numerals on a green metal face. Beneath it is a board giving the details, the letters painted onto wood.
Inscription
Board on the clock-Township of/Hetton le Hole/Great War 1914-1918/This clock is erected/to the memory of the fallen/sailors and soldiers in the above war/--------------/August 1922 A notice in Hetton Town Centre reads: Hetton Town Memorial Clock./The Hetton Town Clock was erected on the former/Hetton Urban District Council Offices in Front Street,/to commemorate those who gave their lives in The/Great War 1914-1918, and is classed as an Official War Memorial./The Clock was manufactured in 1922 by J.F. Newey/of York for J.F. Marshall the Jeweller of Hetton/Downs and has been maintained & restored by Potts/of Derby (Clockmakers established 1833)./In order to preserve and acknowledge the heritage of the community, Hetton Town Council funded the complete restoration of the clock workings, provision of a new face drum and relocation to the Hetton/Centre in June 2004. The clock is now electrically powered, but until moved, was still wound by hand twice a week./A replica clock also electrically powered, has been/installed on the original site in Front Street.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Clock
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal, Glass
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
History
Restored 2004
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Northern Echo 3/11/1920 reports-“The Hetton Ladies’ Working Committee have offered to Hetton Urban Council the sum of £182 for the purpose of providing a public clock, which it is suggested should be erected at the Council offices as a memorial to fallen soldiers, and a thankoffering for the safe return of the survivors. The Council has accepted the offer”.
  • www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7483

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