Memorial

Castle Gate Congregational Church And Sunday School

Photo showing both first and second world war memorials

Source: Copyright Rachel Farrand

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Castle Gate Congregational Church, 8 Castle Gate, Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 7AS, England

SK 572 397

Congregational

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 61846
Description: Upper: Paper Roll of Honour in gilt frame mounted on wall. Dedicatory inscription in Roman lettering centred between decorative border. Names are handwritten below dedication and are arranged in four columns with the deceased indicated in red ink. Decorative border of two columns swathed in laurel leaves surmounted by symbolic figure of sacrifice (?) on left and chivalry on right. Lower: Framed and glazed paper Roll of Honour mounted on wall. Printed inscription with names centred with scalloped ink border.
Inscription: Upper Roll of Honour: CASTLE GATE/ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/ AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ THIS/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ IS INSCRIBED IN AFFECTIONATE/ THANKSGIVING TO THOSE/ WHOSE NAMES IT BEARS WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ (Names)/ "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY" Lower Roll of Honour: IN MEMORY OF/ The Young Men who gave their Lives/ In the 1939-1945 War/ (Names) (exact wording for lower Roll of Honour unknown)

Maintenance History: c2011: Building for sale. Roll of Honour to be re-located to Congregational Federation archive or a new site within City upon sale. 1980: Building sold to Congregational Federation; Name returned to Castle Gate Congregational Church 1975: Castle Gate Congregational Church and St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church united as St Andrew’s with Castle Gate United Reformed Church and occupied St Andrew’s church on Goldsmith Street, Nottingham. 1909: Building opened as the Castle Gate Congregational Church