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The Stained Glass Windows

 

 

 

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The 13 stained glass windows were dedicated on 8 December 1902. According to a report in the Morley Observer on 12 December 1902, Mr Whitham and the Hinch(c)liffs were not present. The windows were designed by Mr ES Watkins of London and made by Mr William Pape of Leeds at a cost of £25 each.


            

 

YEAR

NAME

DONOR

CONNECTION WITH MORLEY

 

1902

ARCHITECTVRA (Architecture)

Mr George Arthur Fox

The Architect for Morley Town Hall. Mayor of Dewsbury 1895-96

 

1902

LVDVS (Sport)

Ald Oliver Foster (THC)

Member of Morley Town Council from 1889-1902. Manufacturer

 

1902

AMOR (Love)

Mr Richard Borrough Hopkins

First Town Clerk of Morley from 1886-1902. Previously Clerk to the Local Board.

 

1902

AGRICVLTRA (Agriculture)

Exors of Ald John Dixon

Mayor of Morley 1889-90. Member of Town Council 1886-1900. Farmer

 

1902

FORTITVDO (Fortitude)

Exors of Ald Thomas Clough

Last Chairman of the Local Board. Mayor 1891-92. Member of Town Council 1886-1902. Quarry owner

 

1902

INDUSTRIA (Industry)

Ald Charles Scarth (THC)

Six times Mayor of Morley. Member of the Town Council 1886-1921. Freeman 1903. Knighted 1914. Manufacturer.

 

1902

MVSICVS (Music)

Ald David Thackray

Mayor of Morley 1888-89. Town councillor 1886-91. County councillor 1891. Blacksmith.

 

1902

JVSTITIA (Justice)

Ald William Middlebrook (THC)

Mayor of Morley 1904-5. Lord Mayor of Leeds 1910-11. Liberal MP for South Leeds. Solicitor.

 

1902

PROSPERITAS (Prosperity)

Ald Albert Glover

Served on the Town Council 1894-1904 and 1911-13. Manufacturer. (Glen Mills)

 

1902

SAPIENTIA (Wisdom)

Cllr Benjamin Hirst (THC)

Member of first Town Council 1886 to his death 1903. Manufacturer. (Perseverance).

 

1902

PATIENTIA (Patience)

Mrs James Barker in memory of her late husband

Member of first Town Council 1886 to his death 1895. Manufacturer. (Deanfield Mills)

 

1902

VERITAS (Truth)

Mrs William B Jackson in memory of her late husband

Prominent Morley manufacturer since 1860 when founded W & E Jackson with his brother. (Peel Mills)

 

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ASPERATIO (Aspiration)

John Hinchliffe

Manufacturer. Hinchcliffes were associated with Field Hembrigg and Providence Mills.

 

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*CARITAS (Charity)

Mrs John Wilson and family

Member of the first Town Council 1886 to his death in 1891. Manufacturer. Melbourne Mills and Highfield Mill (Gildersome)

 

1902

PROVIDENTIA (Providence)

Daniel Hinchcliff

Member of Morley's first Local Board (1862) and also one of its first magistrates (1893)

 

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*ARS (Art)

Mr Samuel Whitham

No details available. "In Remembrance of pleasant years lived in Morley" inscribed on window.

 

1913

*SCIENTIA (Science)

Ald William Law Ingle (Probably installed about the time of Asquith's Freedom visit)

Host to H H Asquith when given Freedom of the Borough.Three times Mayor of Morley 1911 1912 and 1913. W L Ingle made Freeman in 1936.

  

 

                *          Not in the original 13 dedicated
                THC    Member of the Town Hall Committee