Parish Notes Durham
Eastgate All Saints
[Population 1911: 342]
Parish Notes Durham
[Population 1911: 342]
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Eastgate, a village in Stanhope Quarter, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1885, and is pleasantly situated, 3 miles west from Stanhope, on the north bank of the Wear. The church of All Saints, formerly a chapel of ease to St. Thomas', Stanhope, was erected in 1888, chiefly at the cost of the late J.R.W. Hildyard esq. of Horsley Hall, and is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and a belfry with spire, containing 2 bells: there are 138 sittings. The register dates from the year 1885. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £400, in the gift of the Bishop of Ripon, and held since 1886 by the Rev. John Eddowes M.A. of Magdalen College, Cambridge. [Kelly's Durham and Northumberland Directory, (1890), page 293.]
Brass plate on main gateway:
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WERE PRESENTED TO ALL SAINTS CHURCH EASTGATE by MR and MRS NORMAN DAY 1978 In memory of their sons JOHN and ROBIN |
Small brass plate on table by entrance:
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WILLIE AND JENNIE WORLEY (1878-1961) (1883-1952) |
Small brass plate on organ:
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All Saints Church Eastgate by the Rev. John Burdon of Castle Eden County Durham in affectionate memory of his Brother in Law John Richard Westgarth Hildyard benefactor of this Church 1889 |
Small brass tablet on north wall:
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NUMBONA WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF HIS MASTER, W.H. HUGH CROUDACE, M.B., HIMEVILLE, - Natal: Feb. 1911. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND" |
Framed notice:
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CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY MADE A GRANT A.D.1935 FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS CHURCH UPON CONDITION THAT ALL SITTINGS BE FREE AND THAT AN ANNUAL COLLECTION BE GIVEN TO THE SOCIETY |
Stained east window is dedicated:
To the Glory of God - In memory of his
father John Richard Westgarth Hildyard
benefactor of this church: and of
his father's brother George Charles Dale
this window was erected by
John Arundell Hildyard June 1904
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A framed notice near the entrance lists the vicars of Eastgate:
John Eddowes 1886-1893 John George Knight 1894-1906 William Darnell Croudace 1906-1931 Frederick Oswald Bent 1932-1942 Ralph Whitewick Hitchcock 1943-1950 John Kenneth Young 1966-1973 Andrew John Bealing 1973-1985 Charles Nelson Lovell 1986-1997 Jonathan David Francis Inkpin & Penelope Howson Jones 1997- |
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The registers of Eastgate have not been deposited with the County Record Office. Registers at the church are for baptisms, which commence in 1885, marriages, which commence in 1886, and burials, which commence in 1885.
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