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St Chad, Bensham, Gateshead

Anglican church of St Chad, Bensham, Gateshead. Architect William Searle Hicks, built 1900-03. Hicks died in 1902, before seeing St Chad's dedicated.

 

St Chad's Parish dates:

Church Hall built on land donated by Lord Northbourne and district formed from St Cuthbert's Parish Bensham - 1897

Parish consituted - 1900

Church consecrated - 1903

Hall enlarged, class rooms and institute added and completed - 1910

 

The church was consecrated on 29th September 1903 at a ceremony at 11.00 attended by 80 clergy, the mayor and town clerk of Gateshead, and the bishops of Durham and Newcastle. Henry C Embleton, Miss Easton's nephew, presented the petition on behalf of his aunt.

 

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Taken on April 19, 2008