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Heavenfield St Oswald

[Population 1911: 757]

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Church

This small rectangular church, rebuilt in 1737 is on the site at Heavenfield where Oswald, King of Northumbria and Martyr defeated Cadwalla in 634 AD, after erecting a wooden cross on the battlefield and commanding his soldiers to pray.

It is the parish church and formed part of the parish of St John Lee up to the year 1879. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 33.]


Plaque on table by altar

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN OSMOND MACDONALD ALEXANDER
29TH MARCH 1916 - 2ND JULY 1984

Plaque on seat in churchyard

THIS SEAT WAS ERECTED
IN MEMORY OF
ALEXANDER MASON
BORN AT ST OSWALD'S 2ND JUNE 1906
AND BURIED WHILST RESIDENT
AT HIGH BRUNTON 6TH FEBRUARY 1997

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Monumental Inscriptions

IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
JOSEPH BELL,
DIED 25TH APRIL 1947,
AGED 78 YEARS
ALSO SARAH JANE HIS WIFE,
DIED 10TH APRIL 1951
AGED 81 YEARS

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