South Shields Holy Trinity

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South Shields Holy Trinity

[Population 1911: 6,005, incl. 237 persons enumerated on board vessels]

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Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed August 17, 1834, out of St. Hilda's: the church, in Laygate lane, erected at a cost of about £3,700, was consecrated in 1834, and is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, transepts and a western tower containing an illuminated clock and six bells: in 1879 extensive additions and alterations were made, at a cost of £4,985: the east and west windows are stained; the east window is a memorial to Capt. George Cowle and his two sons, the chancel windows were given by Mrs Catherine Bowman, daughter of Capt. George Cowle, and in the south aisle is a stained window erected in 1886 by the members of the Church Institute to Thomas Henry Swinburne, one of the Felling Colliery heroes: there are 1,000 sittings, of which 800 are free. The register dates from the year 1834. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £296, including 1 acre of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held since 1912 by the Rev. Albert Remington Steggall M.A. of University College, Durham. [Kelly's Durham Directory (1921), page 342.]

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