Hartley Disaster Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. Memorial.
Hartley Disaster Memorial
- WRENN ID
- swift-keystone-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Tyneside
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1986
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hartley Disaster Memorial, erected in 1862, is located in St Alban's churchyard and is surrounded by ornamental iron railings. Made of sandstone ashlar, the memorial features a tall pedestal with a cornice, which has cord moulding on the frieze and an egg-and-dart cornice. Atop the pedestal is a tall, faceted, tapering obelisk, bringing the total height to approximately 4.5 meters.
The pedestal has inscriptions in incised Roman letters painted black. The east face commemorates the 204 miners who lost their lives in the Hartley Pit disaster due to the breaking of the engine beam on January 16, 1862. The south face bears a biblical quote: "BE NOT DECEIVED: GOD IS NOT MOCKED: FOR WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT HE SHALL ALSO REAP" (Galatians 6:7). The north face includes another biblical reference: "THEREFORE BE YE ALSO READY: FOR SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH" (Matthew 24:44), along with a blessing for the dead from Revelation 14:13, stating "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD" and the phrase "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."
Additionally, each face of the pedestal features paired, raised, round-topped panels inscribed with the names of those who lost their lives.
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