Wooler St Mary

Parish Notes Northumberland

Wooler St Mary

[Population 1911: 1,667]

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Church

The parish church of St. Mary is a plain stone built edifice, rebuilt in 1765, near to the site of the old church, was enlarged in 1835, and 500 additional sittings were obtained; it has 700 sittings, of which 433 are free and unappropriated for ever; it has a square embattled tower, containing 1 bell and clock, which was erected in 1856, the expenses of which were defrayed by public subscriptions; the interior consists of nave, or body without aisles, has side and end galleries, convenient vestry, and contains a small library presented by the late archdeacon Bowyer, in 1825; over the communion table is a large painted window, erected in 1835 by the late Miss Haigh; there is a tablet to the memory of the late Rev. William Haigh, M.A., who faithfully discharged the duties of vicar of the parish for 31 years. The register dates from the year 1692. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £460, with handsome residence, in the patronage of the Crown, and held by the Rev. John Samuel Green, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge. [Kelly's Directory of Northumberland and Durham (1873), page 687.]

Wooden plate above doors reads:

THESE DOORS WERE GIVEN BY FLORENCE DIAMOND
IN MEMORY OF THE DIAMOND FAMILY OF WOOLER
WHO HAVE WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH FROM 1804

Brass plate on the font cover reads:

TO
THE MEMORY OF
JOHN WILLIAM INNES
FOR HIS LONG SERVICE
TO
ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH
1906 - 1995

Brass plate in the chancel reads:

THE CHANCEL AND VESTRIES
WERE ADDED TO THIS CHURCH BY
MR. AND MRS. A.B. COLLINGWOOD
OF LILBURN TOWER.
PARISHIONERS AND OTHER FRIENDS,
AND CONSECRATED BY DR. STRATON
4TH BISHOP OF NEWCASTLE,
ON OCTOBER 9TH A.D. MCMXIII.

W.I. MORAN M.A. - VICAR

T. DODDS
T. SMART - CHURCHWARDENS

Small brass plate on lectern:

In Loving Memory of
BESSIE M. WILSDEN
departed this life on
17^th April 1919.
From Relatives & Friends

Small brass plate on bookcase:

IN MEMORY OF THE
SIMM FAMILY
OF
WOOLER AND CORNWALL

Another brass plate is dedicated:

TO THE MEMORY OF
ANTHONY RAWDON LEVETT
DIED 21ST DECEMBER 1932 AGED 37 YEARS

THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE BY
HIS BROTHER, HIS SISTER, AND
THE WOOLER BRANCHES OF
THE BRITISH LEGION AND TOC H.

Two more plates, one near, the other on the organ:

THIS TABLET RECORDS
THE LOYAL & DEVOTED SERVICE OF
MRS. W. DIAMOND
WHO FOR FORTY YEARS WAS
ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH.
CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
5TH SEPTEMBER 1955.

THIS ORGAN THE GIFT OF
J. MILTON SIMPSON
OF YEARLE HOUSE,
WAS DEDICATED 12TH DEC. 1937.

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM

Seat in churchyard:

IN MEMORY OF
DENNIS JAMES
1930 - 1998
FROM COLLEAGUES AT
FOXHUNTERS

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Monumental Inscriptions

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCES,
WIFE OF THE REV. WILLIAM HAIGH, A.M.
VICAR OF WOOLER,
WHO DIED AT TYNEMOUTH, 17^TH OCT^R 1824,
AGED 60 YEARS.

LIVING IN DILIGENT COMMUNION
WITH HER GOD AND SAVIOUR,
SHE CONSTANTLY ENDEAVOURED
TO BRING UP HER FAMILY
IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION
OF THE LORD.

AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS,
SUSTAINED BY HER
WITH EXEMPLARY PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE,
SHE RESIGNED HER IMMORTAL SPIRIT
INTO THE HANDS OF A MERCIFUL REDEEMER,
IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF A
BLESSED RESURECTION.

THIS ENTABLATURE IS PLACED HERE
AS SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE AIREY HAIGH, B.A.
LATE STUDENT OF UNIVERSITY COLL. OXFORD
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT STERLING, N.B.
JULY 22^D 1831, AGED 23 YEARS.
HIS MORTAL REMAINS WERE DEPOSITED
IN THE CEMETERY OF THE ANCIENT MONASTERY
AT STERLING, N.B. WHERE THEY AWAIT IN THE
CHRISTIANS HOPE OF A BLESSED
SUMMONS AT THE LAST DAY

In Memory of
The Rev^d WILLIAM HAIGH, M.A.
Vicar of this Parish
In whom meekness, Moderation, unaffected Piety
and universal Benevolence, were equally
and eminently Conspicuous. After having actively
and faithfully discharged the Duties of his
sacred Function in this Place During thirty one Years
He died on the XI. of March MDCCCXXXVI
In the LXXVI Year of his Age.
Beloved, Honoured, Lamented.

Also of FRANCES, second Daughter of the above Rev^d WILLIAM HAIGH
and Wife of the Rev^d JOSH LAW. Her Zeal in the religious instruction and useful
employment of the Female Youth of this Parish, ably seconded the efforts of her
beloved Father for the spiritual and temporal welfare of his Parishioners.
She died at Sunderland on the IV. of Aug. MDCCCXXXVII
after having given birth to a Son.

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