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Parish Notes Northumberland

Morpeth St James the Great

[Population 1911: incl. with Morpeth St Mary]

Church

Built from local stone to the designs of Mr. Benjamin Ferrey in the Norman style; started in 1844, the church was consecrated in 1846.

The choir vestry was added in 1887 to mark the jubilee of its major benefactor - the then Rector Canon F.R. Grey. The heavily carved oak memorial rood screen was the combined work of a class of amateur woodcarvers at the turn of the century.

The nave windows are clear glass with roundels depicting scenes from the life of Christ as also do the elaborate murals in the apse. [The Newcastle Diocesan Gazetteer (1982), page 117.]

Seats outside the church are dedicated to:

To The Glory of God
And to Remember
FRANCIS ROBERT ROBINSON
EMMA ROSE His Wife
And HARRY TEMPLE Their Eldest Son.

THIS SEAT WAS PROVIDED
OUT OF A LEGACY MADE
TO ST JAMES CHURCH
BY MRS E.M. WATSON
OF SUNFIELD MORPETH 1949.

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Non-Parochial Records

Illustrated London News 3/8/1844 MORPETH, July 25.- The foundation stone of an intended new church has this day been laid in this town by Lord Morpeth. The church is dedicated in memory of St. James the Great.

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