Dinnington, War Memorial Institute

HER Number:
11202

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Dinnington, War Memorial Institute

Place:
Dinnington

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
War Memorial

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Red brick single storey building with a billiard room, games room and reading room. There is a stone tablet on the gable end 3ft x 2ft bearing the names of the dead from World War One: "1923 DINNINGTON VILLAGE WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918". There is another plaque on the main elevation with the details of the laying of the foundation stone on 29th September 1923 by Thomas Simpson of Hepscott Hall. The institute was opened on 24 November 1923 by Col. Sir Joseph Reed. Paid for by public subscription and a donation from the Miners Welfar Fund.

Easting:
208

Northing:
735

Grid Reference:
NZ208735

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
North East War Memorials Project Ref. D10.03 (www.newmp.org.uk); Morpeth Herald 5 October 1923