The Lund Park Wesleyan Chapel stained glass windows were dedicated on Sunday 23rd of April 1922. A short piece appeared the next week in the Keighley News:
Keighley News Saturday 29th April 1922 page 10:
LOCAL NEWS.
KEIGHLEY.
WAR MEMORIAL WINDOW.,
A beautiful stained glass window, placed in Lund Park Wesleyan Church in memory of the men and women connected with the church who served and died during the Great War, was dedicated on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large congregation. The window, which is the work of Messrs. H. J. Salisbury, Ltd., of St. Albans, depicts the ascension of our Lord. The figure of our Lord is seen ascending, and standing around are eleven apostles. The window is noteworthy for its rich colouring. Below is to be fixed a bronze, tablet bearing in sunken letters the names of those who served during the war, and in the centre there will be a panel containing the names of the fallen. The wording of the tablet is as follows:
“To the Glory of God and in honoured memory of the men of this church who gave their lives in the Great War, and in gratitude for the safety of the men and women who served and returned this window dedicated.”
In the centre panel will appear the names of fallen – Thomas Clapham, Harry K. Dickinson, James Harrison, Thomas Holmes, Walter Lambert, Gilbert H. Midgley, John Northrop, Harry Pickles, John T. Raw, Riley Shuttleworth, Alfred Southam. Jonas Stoney, Harry Throup, Edgar Ward, Christopher M. Wilson, and Ernest Hall. The dedication and unveiling of the memorial was performed by the Rev. Dingley P. Fuge, who was pastor at the church at the outbreak of war. Special music was rendered by the choir, and the hymns sung were: “O God our help in ages past, The humble souls who seek the Lord,” “Ten thousand times ten thousand,” and “Jerusalem the Golden.”
Note:
The wording of the newspaper article suggests that the bronze tablet was to be fixed at a later date, although we do not know if this had already occurred.
The details of the window are recorded with the Imperial War Museum as follows:
LUND PARK WESLEYAN CHAPEL WINDOW (LOST) UKNIWM Ref: 28667.
Address:
LUND PARK WESLEYAN CHAPEL (DEMOLISHED), MALSIS RD, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.
Type: WINDOW. Denomination: METHODIST. OS Map Ref: SE 056 404
Physical Description: STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH FIGURES DEPICTED IN IT. WINDOW DEPICTS THE ASCENT OF OUR LORD WITH 11 APOSTLES STANDING AROUND HIM.
War First World War (1914-1918)
Maintenance History:
THE CHURCH CLOSED IN APRIL 1970 AND WAS THEN DEMOLISHED. WINDOW WAS LOST AT THAT TIME. BRONZE PLAQUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT WAS RELOCATED TO CLIFFE CASTLE STORE.
Craftsmen: H J SALISBURY LTD DESIGNER.
References: REF: KEIGHLEY NEWS, 29-APR-1922 (see above for text transcription)
The window was removed when the Lund Park Wesleyan chapel was demolished.
The details of the brass plaque, recorded with the Imperial War Museum are as follows:
LUND PARK WESLEYAN CHAPEL. UKNIWM Ref: 28790.
Address: CLIFFE CASTLE MUSEUM, SPRING GARDENS LANE, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.
Type: BOARD/PLAQUE/TABLET
Previous Location: LUND PARK WESLEYAN CHAPEL, UNKNOWN, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.
Around April 1970, the church closed.
Inscription:
1914 TO THE GLORY OF GOD 1918/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN GRATITUDE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE MEN/ AND WOMEN WHO SERVED AND RETURNED, THIS WINDOW IS DEDICATED/ RETURNED FALLEN RETURNED/ (NAMES)
Components
Component Material:
PLAQUE – First World War. Brass, good condition.
Physical Description:
PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
Total names on memorial: 90.
Served and Returned: 74. Died 16.
Is this an exact count? Not known
Maintenance History: ASSOCIATED WINDOW WAS LOST WHEN THE CHURCH CLOSED.
The names engraved on the brass panel:
Left side, three columns.
| Anderson, J. T. Anderson E. Atkinson E. Bailey W.A. Bailey W. Baxendall Sarah Binns B. Binns John Binns Joseph Binns W. Bland R.L. Booth B. Bottomley |
RETURNED. J.H. Bottomley J.W. Bottomley E. Brooke J.E. Brooke A. Brown F. Brown B. Budd F. Campbell J. Crossley E. Crowther W. Crowther R. Dacre |
J. Daniels J.M. Dewhirst J.H. Dobbs F. Driver H. Driver C. Hargreaves J. Harker H. Haygarth E. Holt Bessie Judson A. Judson H. Judson G. Lambert |
Central column with larger lettering.
| FALLEN. Thomas Clapham Harry K. Dickinson James Harrison Thomas Holmes Walter Lambert Gilbert H. Midgley John Northrop Harry Pickles John T. Raw Riley Shuttleworth Alfred Southam Jonas Stoney Harry Throup Edghar Ward Chris M. Wilson Died 1920 Ernest Hall Died 1921 |
Right side, three columns.
| A. Leach T.G. Lee H. Lister J.T. Lockwood G. Lockwood M. Lockwood F. Lottey J. Melrose H. Miller A. Moore J. Moore P. Moore H. Padley |
RETURNED. J. Perigo B. Petty J. Rothera T. Rothera H.J. Royston J.W. Sharp Frank Shuttleworth Fred Shuttleworth F. Spencer H.W. Stowell W. Suckling J.R. Sunderland |
W. Sunderland J. Tattersall W. Tidswell W. Walmsley R. Ward H. Wheater A. Whitaker H.M. Williamson E. Wilson J.H.F. Wilson R. Wilson N. Winders H. Wright |
