A sandstone obelisk with a carved flag and acorn leaves. "TO THE MEMORY OF PRIVATE WILLIAM FINLAY OF SWALWELL WHO SO NOBLY RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE A COMRADE WHICH DEED WON FOR HIM THE D.C.M ON FEBRAURY 27TH 1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 2ND 1916. ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF SWALWELL".
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
A sandstone obelisk with a carved flag and acorn leaves. "TO THE MEMORY OF PRIVATE WILLIAM FINLAY OF SWALWELL WHO SO NOBLY RISKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE A COMRADE WHICH DEED WON FOR HIM THE D.C.M ON FEBRAURY 27TH 1916. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 2ND 1916. ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF SWALWELL".
Site Name
Garden House Cemetery, war hero memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11994
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Note in HER; North East War Memorial Project (www.newmp.org.uk) S85.02
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11994
DAY1
02
District
Gateshead
Easting
212
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MATERIAL
Freestone
MONTH1
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
618
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
Swalwell
Description
Large freestone plinth with a short column on top and an urn of fire. On three sides there are painted scenes of 'The First Parting', 'Night Raid from the trenches' and 'The awakening from Death to Life' set behind glass in copper frames. The dedication is on the fourth side: "IN MEMORY OF PTE. JOHN W. GALLON WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION" there are also 84 names of Dunston men. The monument was commissioned by Cllr and Mrs G.E. Gallon of Victoria House, Dunston. The sculptor was H.S. Turner of Gateshead. The painter was John Taylor of Dunston.
SITEASS
The paintings and names are faded.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
Large freestone plinth with a short column on top and an urn of fire. On three sides there are painted scenes of 'The First Parting', 'Night Raid from the trenches' and 'The awakening from Death to Life' set behind glass in copper frames. The dedication is on the fourth side: "IN MEMORY OF PTE. JOHN W. GALLON WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION" there are also 84 names of Dunston men. The monument was commissioned by Cllr and Mrs G.E. Gallon of Victoria House, Dunston. The sculptor was H.S. Turner of Gateshead. The painter was John Taylor of Dunston.
Site Name
Garden House Cemetery, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11993
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S85.04
YEAR1
2009
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
9152
DAY1
30
District
Newcastle
Easting
2413
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6551
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
The original bronze war memorial plaque, 3 feet 9 inches x 2 feet, had a laurel wreath and cross at the top and listed 79 names. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918". This was erected in a niche in the exterior wall at the north end of the church in 1921. The bronze panel became damaged when it was wrenched off the church by vandals in October 1989. It was found by road maintenance workers close by, repaired, and is now placed in the church porch. A new sandstone plaque was erected on 1st November 1992. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF WAR. THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL IS NOW PLACED IN THE CHURCH PORCH".
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
The original bronze war memorial plaque, 3 feet 9 inches x 2 feet, had a laurel wreath and cross at the top and listed 79 names. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918". This was erected in a niche in the exterior wall at the north end of the church in 1921. The bronze panel became damaged when it was wrenched off the church by vandals in October 1989. It was found by road maintenance workers close by, repaired, and is now placed in the church porch. A new sandstone plaque was erected on 1st November 1992. "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF WAR. THE ORIGINAL MEMORIAL IS NOW PLACED IN THE CHURCH PORCH".
Site Name
Claremont Road, Church of St. Luke, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11992
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S108.03
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
3895
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Recreational Usage
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Marble
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5893
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Southwick
Description
On left side of entrance to recreation ground in the grass. Originally in the Miners Union Hall on Roker Avenue. The memorial was later moved to Wearmouth Colliery and placed outside the canteen. Then it was moved here. It was unveiled at the Miners Union Hall in March 1921. It is a marble horizontal plaque (2 feet 4 inches x 4 feet 9 inches) on a brick base 2 feet 10 inches high. The 173 names are in five columns. "PRO PATRIA. ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MINERS OF WEARMOUTH COLLIERY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919".
SITEASS
The plaque is in poor condition due to having been moved twice. It has a large crack in it.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
On left side of entrance to recreation ground in the grass. Originally in the Miners Union Hall on Roker Avenue. The memorial was later moved to Wearmouth Colliery and placed outside the canteen. Then it was moved here. It was unveiled at the Miners Union Hall in March 1921. It is a marble horizontal plaque (2 feet 4 inches x 4 feet 9 inches) on a brick base 2 feet 10 inches high. The 173 names are in five columns. "PRO PATRIA. ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MINERS OF WEARMOUTH COLLIERY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919".
Site Name
Thompson Road, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11991
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S130.10
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
3732
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
LANDUSE
Churchyard
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
MATERIAL
Bronze
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5924
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Southwick
Description
A bronze plaque on a brick wall. At the centre top is the Sunderland badge with the names of those killed in a column beneath. "COUNTY BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND 1939-1945. IN EVERLASTING MEMORY WE RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE CIVILIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH ENEMY ACTION ON THIS TOWN AND ARE INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY. TO THE GLORY OF GOD". 12 names are listed, 7 of those are women.
SITEASS
The plaque is covered in graffiti.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
A bronze plaque on a brick wall. At the centre top is the Sunderland badge with the names of those killed in a column beneath. "COUNTY BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND 1939-1945. IN EVERLASTING MEMORY WE RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE CIVILIANS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH ENEMY ACTION ON THIS TOWN AND ARE INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY. TO THE GLORY OF GOD". 12 names are listed, 7 of those are women.
Site Name
Southwick Cemetery, war memorial
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11990
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S130.02
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
10967
DAY1
05
District
S Tyneside
Easting
3629
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MATERIAL
Sandstone
MONTH1
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6525
General Period
21ST CENTURY
Specific Period
21st Century 2001 to 2100
Place
South Shields
Description
First and Second World War Memorial
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
Replacement cenotaph. Unveiled 19th May 2002. A 12 feet high sandstone obelisk on two steps with 4 bronze plaques on the plinth. "WEST END WAR MEMORIAL 1914-1918 1939-1945 IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1914-1918 1939-1945 THE NEW WEST END WAR MEMORIAL WAS FORMALLY DEDICATED ON SUNDAY 19TH MAY 2002 BY DAVID MILLIBAND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SOUTH SHIELDS. THE ORIGINAL WEST END WAR MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1921 ON BOLDON LAND SOUTH SHIELDS AND WAS MOVED TO WEST PARK IN 1938. THE MEMORIAL WAS DISMANTLED IN JANUARY 2002".
Site Name
Stanhope Road, West Park, Cenotaph 2
Site Type: Specific
Cenotaph
HER Number
11989
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 65; North East War Memorials Project (www.newmp.org.uk) S86.002
YEAR1
2008
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
S Tyneside
Easting
361
Grid ref figure
6
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
663
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Place
South Shields
Description
Lists 200 names.
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
Lists 200 names.
Site Name
Brunswick Street, street shrine
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
HER Number
11988
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.055
YEAR1
2009
English, British
Class
Commemorative
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Rachel Grahame
Crossref
8074
DAY1
30
DAY2
25
District
S Tyneside
Easting
3572
Grid ref figure
8
HISTORY_TOPIC
World Wars
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
08
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6528
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
South Shields
Description
This war memorial was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
'The memorial was unveiled on 22 January 1922 by the vicar, Reverend TP Williams. It had been built by local ex-servicemen under the instruction of local sculptor, Thomas Curry. It commemorates 182 men who died in the First World War. The name of one man who was shot for desertion in 1918 was added in 1999.
The memorial stands on the verge at the corner of Dean Road and South Eldon Street. St Mary’s Church had stood to the rear until it was demolished. The Heworth Stone memorial, c4.5m tall, takes the form of a Celtic cross rising from a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a base that is reached from the pavement by a rake of stone steps to the front.
The front face of the cross is ornamented with a reversed sword carved in low relief. The commemorated names are carved into the faces of the plinth, whilst the principal dedicatory inscription is recorded at the foot of the plinth. This reads TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD & IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ & CONGREGATION WHO FELL BY SEA, LAND AND AIR IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.'
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
SITEDESC
This war memorial was formerly on the South Tyneside local list, but was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
'The memorial was unveiled on 22 January 1922 by the vicar, Reverend TP Williams. It had been built by local ex-servicemen under the instruction of local sculptor, Thomas Curry. It commemorates 182 men who died in the First World War. The name of one man who was shot for desertion in 1918 was added in 1999.
The memorial stands on the verge at the corner of Dean Road and South Eldon Street. St Mary’s Church had stood to the rear until it was demolished. The Heworth Stone memorial, c4.5m tall, takes the form of a Celtic cross rising from a tapering plinth. The plinth stands on a base that is reached from the pavement by a rake of stone steps to the front.
The front face of the cross is ornamented with a reversed sword carved in low relief. The commemorated names are carved into the faces of the plinth, whilst the principal dedicatory inscription is recorded at the foot of the plinth. This reads TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD & IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ & CONGREGATION WHO FELL BY SEA, LAND AND AIR IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.'
Site Name
St Mary's War Memorial, Dean Road/South Eldon Street
Site Type: Specific
War Memorial
SITE_STAT
Listed Building Grade II
HER Number
11987
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
North East War Memorials Project www.newmp.org.uk S86.051; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/74/SS; https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1440515
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2023
English, British
Class
Maritime Craft
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
29
DAY2
03
District
Gateshead
Easting
1636
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
01
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6517
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryton
Description
The remains of at least four boats with various hull elements (and rudders and tillers) scattered over a 100m area of the shoreline. Visible at low tide. Probably the remains of wherries. Preservation is particularly good {1}. These wherries are clinker-built. The 'Keelman' public house has a framed photograph of these boats when complete. Beamish also has a copy of the same photograph {2}.
SITEASS
Wherries were large sturdy barge-like crafts built by the shell-clinker method (nail-fastened overlapping planks). The technique was similar to that used by the Vikings for their ships. Wherries had heavy hulls and pointed stems and sterns. During the C19 there was a decline of keels due to changing transport and coal shipping methods. Tyne Wherries were thus designed as more versatile, general purpose vessels for carrying raw materials and finished goods. They also acted as 'lighters' to ferry materials to and from visiting ships which had increased in size after 1850. At first they were propelled with long oars (sweeps) or punting poles and simple sailing rigs. Strings of wherries could be towed by paddle-tugs. In the later C19 many became self-propelled using small boilers and steam engines. Steam wherries were called 'puffers'. Typically wherries were some 50 feet in length and 25 feet beam and weighed 35-40 tons. Later they were even larger. Steam wherries usually had a small hand-operated deck crane. All wherries had a great open hold with short decks at either end, with accomodation for the crew beneath one of them. By the turn of the C20 over two dozen companies or individuals were operating wherries on the River Tyne (e.g. The Tyne Wherry Co. and Allen Brown Ltd (Lightermen)). Some major riverside industries ran their own wherry fleets (e.g. United Alkali chemical works and Cookson's lead refining works). After the First World War the number of wherries declined with the decrease in numbers of ships visiting the Tyne and the improvements in road-freight. After the Second World War many were abandoned at the riverside or cleared upriver by the Port Authority to a 'graveyard' above the head of navigation. By the 1970s only one Tyne wherry was left afloat - the Elswick No. 2, which had been launched in 1939. This was donated to the Maritime Trust and is now owned by Tyne and Wear Museums {'The Last Tyne Wherry - Elswick No. 2', factsheet by Tyne and Wear Museums}.
Site Type: Broad
Sailing Vessel <By Form/Type>
SITEDESC
The remains of five wherries with various hull elements (and rudders and tillers) scattered over a 100m area of the shoreline. Visible at low tide. Preservation is particularly good. These wherries are clinker-built. The 'Keelman' public house has a framed photograph of these boats when complete. Beamish also has a copy of the same photograph.
In September 2009 Alan Williams and Paddy Taylor, an archaeology student from Newcastle University recorded the five boats for Paddy's dissertation. The vessels had been dumped deliberately and have been intermittently dismantled over the last 60 years. The five hulls are still largely intact. Four rudders were drawn and photographed; a sample of the many ribs, a number of attached clinker planks (a throwback in construction technique to the Viking longboats) and a variety of copper and iron fixings were recorded.
Site Name
River Tyne, boat hulks
Site Type: Specific
Wherry
HER Number
11986
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
Pers comm J.P. Cooper, PhD candidate, Southampton University, 2007; Pers comm Ian Whitehead, Maritime Historian, Newcastle University; 'The Last Tyne Wherry - Elswick No. 2', factsheet by Tyne and Wear Museums; Alan Williams and Paddy Taylor, 2009, Foreshore Archaeology on the River Tyne; Alan Williams & Patrick Taylor, 2010 'The Newburn Wherries: remnants of the River Tyne's industrial past' in AA 5 ser. Vol. 39, p401-425; Taylor, P, unpub dissertation, The Newburn Hulks, The Recording Process and Investigation
YEAR1
2009
YEAR2
2014
English, British
AREA_STAT
Conservation Area
Class
Commercial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
11282
DAY1
29
District
Newcastle
Easting
2493
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
MONTH1
01
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6377
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Newcastle
Description
The warehouse was built for Messrs. R. Robinson & Co. in 1903 to the design of Frank Rich, who also designed Robinson's north block in 1888, and their south block in 1897. Deposited building plan No. 12516 dated 12 Feb 1903 shows a steel-framed building of at least four storeys plus attic space, with deep stepped concrete footings. When the warehouse was constructed two Roman stone coffins and a castor ware beaker were found (HER 1450-1452). The warehouse was damaged by fire during the firemen's strike in the winter of 1977-8. It was subsequently demolished and the site levelled for use as a temporary carpark.
Site Type: Broad
Warehouse
SITEDESC
The warehouse was built for Messrs. R. Robinson & Co. in 1903 to the design of Frank Rich, who also designed Robinson's north block in 1888, and their south block in 1897. Deposited building plan No. 12516 dated 12 Feb 1903 shows a steel-framed building of at least four storeys plus attic space, with deep stepped concrete footings. When the warehouse was constructed two Roman stone coffins and a castor ware beaker were found (HER 1450-1452). The warehouse was damaged by fire during the firemen's strike in the winter of 1977-8. It was subsequently demolished and the site levelled for use as a temporary carpark.
Site Name
Clavering Place, Robinson's Warehouse
Site Type: Specific
Warehouse
HER Number
11985
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Sources
Barbara Harbottle, 10th March 1980, Robinson's Warehouse, Clavering Place, note in the HER C/ND/02/06