Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Teesdale
Town
Staindrop
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
GH Richardson (Designer)
Bowman and Sons (Makers)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12 Dec 1920
    Attended by: Lord Barnard MC
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71323

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Current location

St Mary the Virgin Church
Front Street
Staindrop
Teesdale
Durham
DL2 3NB
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13091 20634
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Plaque, 7 feet high x 3 feet wide, gilded and very ornate with crucifix and elaborate tracery at the top. The main plaque is edged by an elaborately carved border. The top of the main panel is divided into two panels 1 foot 8 inches high x 1 foot wide, each bearing the names in a single column. The lettering is incised and blackened using elaborate capitals. Above and below this, the quotation and the dedication are across the whole panel, the letters raised in elaborate capitals. Beneath it is “a very fine, heavy oak table, made from oak grown in the district, by Mr. John Dickinson, of Raby”. On it stand two brass flower holders and the Book of Remembrance.
Inscription
Their name liveth for evermore./[names] Giving thanks to God for a great / deliverance, this tablet is erected / to keep alive the memory of the / men from this parish who fell in / the Great War 1914-1919/ God grant them eternal rest.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Norman
Arnison, Archibald
Bailey, Alan
Best, Sydney
Brown, Alfred
Brown, Arthur
Brown, Harry
Brown, Willam
Buckle, Albert Edward
Burrows, James
See details for all 40 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 40
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 40
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Table
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Auckland and County Gazette 28/7/1921 reports permission to hold a flower show in September.
  • www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8656
  • Durham Record Office Photograph D/X 605/81
  • Durham County Advertiser 30/11/1922
  • Darlington and Stockton Times 18/12/1920

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