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Andy Plant has kindly agreed to lead a walk from the War Memorial through the village to Brooms Churchyard and back via St Ives Church and churchyard Andy was featured in the Leadgate Sons and Daughters project by Consett in Focus Andy Plant – Consett in Focus The walk will start at 9/30am meeting at […]

 St Ives Church, Leadgate: The Miners’ Cathedral of County DurhamHigh on the brow of Leadgate village, St Ives Church has long stood as a spiritual and cultural landmark — a place where coal dust met candlelight, and where generations found strength in faith and fellowship. Known locally as the Miners’ Cathedral, this sandstone sanctuary has

Suggested viewing a BBC documentary On The Front Line – The War Detectives – BBC iPlayer

LEADGATE REMEMBERS Leonard Wilson Clough… who died on 6th August 1944 fighting with 9th Battalion Cameronians in Normandy. Leonard was born on 17th May 1917, the second of four children to Fred Clough a miner from West Auckland and Nora Wilson from Blackhill. The new family with sister Muriel and brothers Wilfred (who sadly died very

a new contact who writes a blog and a book about WW1 with mentions of Delves Lane and local area mentions the club or “Tute” in this blog post Till The Boys Come Home – S E Morgan Historical Fiction Author Till The Boys Come Home: Hard times on the home front and in the

A BBC article got me thinking about the projectionists at the Roxy in Leadgate and other local cinema’s back in their heydays The 78-year-old projectionist who became Suffolk cinema stalwart – BBC News Was a family member a projectionist please comment or email juddrichard1976@gmail.com if they were The projection “pit” is now where the bar

From the wonderful South Perlaw Website Leadgate What are your memories of the trains running through Leadgate? Got any pictures to share?

Bradley Cottages Methodist Chapel 1895 to 2018 (closed and now a private dwelling).  Worship started in a house at the top block in Bradley Cottages in the 1860s and then moved into a room gifted from the Consett iron company. Interestingly the chapel  only got electricity in 1930!  See more pictures on this link Methodist

From St Ives Church Facebook page (12) Facebook Discover the stories that make St Ives’ unique at our Heritage Open Days weekend on 7th & 8th September 2024 11am-5pm both days St Ives’ Church Leadgate (heritageopendays.org.uk) Gallery of pictures of St Ives Church and its history Facebook