Wolviston St Peter

Parish Notes Durham

Wolviston St Peter

[Population 1911: 787]

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Church

The church of St. Peter, standing on a commanding eminence, is a modern stone edifice, consisting of nave, and tower containing 2 bells. The register extant dates from the year 1759. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £340, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Durham, and held by the Rev. William Eade, M.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. [Kelly's Directory of Durham and Northumberland (1873), page 291.]

A stone in the entrance reads:

CONSECRATED 1876
EXTENDED 1972

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Monumental Inscriptions

IN
LOVING
MEMORY
OF
JANE,
HIS BELOVED WIFE
DIED MAY 26 1934,
AGED 80 YEARS

IN
LOVING
MEMORY
OF
JOHN
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
JANE FEATHERSTONE
OF WEST HARTLEPOOL
WHO DIED JUNE 16 1908
AGED 56 YEARS
ALSO OF
GEORGE ROBERT SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEB. 6 1891
AGED 12 YEARS.
ALSO OF TWO DAUGHTERS
WHO DIED IN INFANCY.

WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER

C^PL E.V.
FEATHERSTONE
KILLED IN ACTION
ON THE SOMME
SEP. 26 1916,
AGED 21 YEARS

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

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