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Sarah Briddick Memorial Window

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The Light of the World
This stained glass window was rescued
when a nearby chapel closed. Created by
the Gateshead Glass company and installed
in 1894, it is a copy of a famous painting
by William Holman Hunt called The Light
of the World (1853). The picture illustrates
a verse from the Bible:
‘Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking;
if you hear my voice and open the door,
I will come in to you and eat with you and
you with me.’
[The Bible, the book of Revelation]

An adaptation of Holman Hunt's “Light of the World”. Inscription [from Rev. 3:20] below the figure: “Behold I stand at the Door & Knock”. Similar image in framed print [HEXAB3264].
Memorial inscription originally in the bottom corners:

[left:] TO THE GLORY OF GOD
& IN MEMORY OF SARAH
[right:] THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED
BY WILLIAM BRIDDICK HER HUSBAND

1894

Gateshead Stained Glass Company

1894

The church of St Mary, Lowgate was opened on 6^th December 1894 and closed 25^th May 2003. The stained-glass was originally in a border of plain cathedral glass; a stained-glass roundel [HEXAB9005] was previously installed above it. Obituary of William Briddick (who died aged 59 Sunday 18/06/1899) in Parish Magazine July 1899 p.60.
2005. West window removed from St Mary's on 2^nd June by Kymes Studios Ltd, M'bro.
2011. The window was stored in the Rector's room in the Parish Centre until it was installed in the new visitor centre in 2014. The faculty to install it in the Abbey Shop was not implemented.
“Sarah, dearly beloved wife of William BRIDDICK, who d. at Low Gate 23 Nov. 1892 aged 51 yrs. Also the above William BRIDDICK who d. 18 June 1899 aged 59 yrs.” [Inscription at cemetery 11/29: see URL for FindAGrave]
From burial register: 3801; Birddick [sic], Sarah; Wife of William Birddick; 51; Low Gate; 26 Nov 1892; S.F.Waterhouse; A288 (unconsecrated);
4459; Biddick [sic], William; Gardener; 59; Low Gate; 21 Jun 1899; H.R.Moule; A288 (unconsecrated).

Visitor Centre/Mercers' Gallery

Faculty no.5752: 2006, 9 February. … 3. ADDENDUM. To install the “Light of the World” window from the closed church of St Mary's Lowgate in the Abbey Shop within a light-box installed behind the shop counter and facing the main entrance of the Shop. Completion due by 8 Feb 2011 [but overtaken by Hexham Abbey Project to create new exhibition].