Memorial

Burnhope Garden Of Remembrance

This photo shows the centre section of the Garden of Remembrance with the central gateway which has a pair of wrought iron gates. It is surmounted with a cross finial. The garden is surrounded on 3 sides by brick walls which have pitched roofs to shelter benches. The walls bear Sandstone tablets with names of the fallen.

Source: P Sanderson

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Holmside Lane, Burnhope, Derwentside, Durham, DH7 0DP, England

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NZ 19156 48606

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Garden
WMR Reference Number: 18963
Description: Garden of Remembrance surrounded on 3 sides by brick walls, with a sandstone bird bath in the centre. The walls have pitched roofs to shelter benches. The walls bear Sandstone tablets with names- 6 for WW1 & 2 for WW2, the 9th for Private N Simms who fell in the North West Frontier of India in 1930. BLACK LETTERING. The central gateway has a pair of wrought iron gates, and is surmounted with a cross finial. The design was based on features of Flemish farms seen by so many servicemen during World War 1
Inscription: Tablets: (NAMES) Bird bath on all four sides: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/LEST WE FORGET/THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD/A GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE Wooden lintel above central bay: TO THE GLORIOUS DEAD

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 77
Died: 77
Information shown: surname,regiment

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 19
Died: 19
Information shown: surname,regiment

War: East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Additional Information: Private N Simms in 1930

History

Maker(s): Cacket & Burns Dick of Newcastle on Tyne, Architect
Messrs Ayton of Blackhill, Builder
Costs: £1340/9/4
Sponsored By: The memorial cost £1340-19s-4d, and was paid for by the local colliery owner Mr Utrick A. Ritson, on land owned by Miss Allgood. The National Coal Board carried out a programme of repair before the end of 1950 when a Garden of Remembrance was created. Mr Allgood gave the land to the local council.

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Burnhope Garden Of Remembrance

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Burnhope Garden Of Remembrance

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