On 21/01/2013 22:27, Robert Lewis
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I see from news reports that the former Church of St.
Helen, Eston,
Teesside, which has a small tower, has been reconstructed
at the
Beamish folk museum.
Anyone know anything about any bells (presumably a single
one) in
relation to this church - or plans to put anything back in
the tower
at Beamish? (Looks as though it might be capable of
housing a light ring!).
The church (Grade II listed) seems to have had an
interesting
history, with medieval origins it served as a Parish
Church till 1884
when a larger church was built nearby. In 1889 it became a
cemetery
chapel, before being returned to parochial status in the
early 1920s
as the Church of Teesville, an early 20th century
development, until
a new church was built. The last parochial service was
held in there
on December 30th 1962. The church then resumed its earlier
role as
cemetery chapel, with the final funeral taking place in
1985. After
that it was plundered, vandalised and totally burnt out,
facing
demolition before EH granted permission for the
dismantling and later
reconstruction at Beamish.
See http://collections.beamish.org.uk/pages/estonchurchhttp://collections.beamish.org.uk/pages/estonchurch
RAL
I've no knowledge of this but your message brings to mind that I
read somewhere recently of a bell or some bells removed from
elsewhere being stored at Beamish. Am I imagining that? Perhaps
bells and church could be brought together.
Ted