Whitley Chapel

Whitley Chapel is a village in Northumberland, England about 4 miles (6 km) south of Hexham, and in the parish of Hexhamshire.

This article is about a village in Northumberland. For other uses, see Whitley.

Whitley Chapel
Whitley Chapel is located in Northumberland
Whitley Chapel
Whitley Chapel
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNY925575
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHEXHAM
Postcode districtNE47
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

Governance

Whitley Chapel is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Landmarks

In Whitley Chapel Village Hall is a plaque commemorating those fallen soldiers from Hexhamshire killed in battle during the two world wars. Local historian and publisher Hilary Kristensen was behind the idea and the plaque is the fruit of nearly three years' work. The plaque was unveiled in 2009 by Hilary Kristensen, Mike Linklater and parish council chairman Brian Massey.[1]

The names recorded on the plaque are:[1]

The Great War
John Atkinson William Dagg Robert Leathard
Surtees Atkinson Joseph Davison Dent Oliver
James I. Bowman John Henderson James H. Robson
Thomas Brown George Holden Joseph W. Simpson
Cecil P. Clark William Kennedy Harry J. Spencer
World War II
Fred Armstrong Leonard Atkinson Eric Robson
John S. Atkinson Robert N. Atkinson Vincent J. Swallow
Walter R. Dawson

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Helen.[2] The church was built in 1742 on the site of a medieval church. Renovations in the nineteenth century. [3]

References
  1. Dixon, Rebecca (27 November 2009). "War plaque remembers 'Shire's fallen soldiers". Hexham Courant. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 108. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3.
  3. "CHURCH OF ST HELEN".
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