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Parish Notes Northumberland

Etal St Mary the Virgin

[Population 1911: incl. with Ford]

Church

Framed notice near the entrance reads:

This Church dedicated to the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
and designed to replace the Ancient Chantry Chapel with a similar dedication,
formerly situated at St. Mary's Well, by the Riverside; was erected and endowed, A.D. 1858
by Lady Augusta Fitz-Clarence, in memory of her husband,
Lord Frederick Fitz-Clarence,
who is interred in the vault beneath this Chapel;
where also lie their daughter Lady Frederica Augusta Georgina,
with the pious Foundress,
and Captain Theodore Williams A.D.C. to Lord Frederick.

Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord,
And let perpetual Light shine upon them

Brass plate on font cover reads:

THIS FONT COVER
WAS PRESENTED BY REV. E.H. KEED ON HIS RESIGNATION
OCTOBER 1925

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