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Parish Notes Northumberland

Amble St Cuthbert

[Population 1911: 6,806]

Church

Amble Parish was formed out of Warkworth Parish in 1869. It consists of the township of Amble, Gloster Hill and Coquet Island. The church was consecrated in 1870 having been built to the designs of Messrs Austin and Johnson of Newcastle and is early Decorated in style. The organ was installed in 1876 and the east window dedicated in 1928. A choir vestry was added in 1929. The west window depicting events in the life of St. Cuthbert was commissioned for the centenary in 1970. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 93.]

A brass plate inside the porch reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
and in memory of
ADAM PRINGLE SCOTT
died October 20th 1913

A brass plate on a table reads:

In Memory of
THE ROBSON FAMILY
of North Togston
who were accidentally killed
1st Dec. 1943
Sylvia (9 yrs); Ethel (7 yrs); Margery (5 yrs); William Matthew (3 yrs); Shiela (1 yr).

A brass plate on a bookstand reads:

GIFTED TO
ST. CUTHBERT PARISH CHURCH
BY
THE BOYS' BRIGADE OF THIS PARISH
1st AMBLE COMPANY
1936-1948

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History

A framed notice describing the stained windows at the west end of the church, which are dedicated to the memory of JOHN SMART (1911-1954), reads:

THESE WINDOWS WERE INSTALLED
AT THE CENTENARY OF
AMBLE PARISH CHURCH
18th OCTOBER 1970
THE GIFT OF MARY SMITH
A LIFELONG WORSHIPPER AT THIS CHURCH

The same notice notes the incumbents of Amble:

1870 A.O. Medd
1882 J. Fairbrother
1900 C. Baldwin
1906 E.R. Dawe
1911 T.N. Dunscombe
1926 W.B. Hall
1936 J.M. Gray

1945 W.J. Palmer
1954 A.H.M. Higgs
1961 G.H. Elliott
1963 A. Simpson
1990 A. Macnaughton
1997 G. South

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