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Parish Notes Northumberland

Shotley St John (Shotley Low Quarter)

[Population 1911: 476]

Church

The parish church of St. John, erected in 1835, is an edifice of stone in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and campanile tower with 2 bells: the stained east window was presented by the late Thomas Wilson esq. of Shotley Hall: there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1675. The living is a perpetual curacy, yearly value £300, with residence in the gift of the trustees of Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, 1674-1722, and held since 1880 by the Rev. Robert Wetherall Wilson B.A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham. [Kelly's Directory of Durham and Northumberland (1890), page 1049.]

Carved on a chancel pillar:

IN MEMORY OF
ANN YOUNG
OF WOOD HOUSE
DIED 1796
BENEFACTRESS OF THIS PARISH

Dedication on the bookcase by the entrance reads:

IN MEMORY OF
EDWARD REED M.B.E.,
WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 30,
1987

Brass plate on the priest's chair:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILFRED THOMPSON
DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1976
IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING

Photograph on an inscription found in the east gable loft wall:

MISS E. STOKE
FIELDHEAD
MARIED OCT^R 22^ND
1864. A VERY RAINEY
DAY AS EVER FELL FROM
THE CLOUDS. THE MAN
NOT KNOWEN ABOUT
HERE.

The lych gate carries this dedication:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
LUCY WALTON-WILSON WHO DIED NOV.7TH 1901

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