West Bridgford - Friary Congregational Church
UKNIWM Ref - WMA recording form completed March 2013
The Friary Church is on Musters Road/Millicent Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham. The Friar Lane Chapel was founded in Nottingham in 1827 but in 1897 it left Friar Lane for West Bridgford, but retained the name as 'Friary Congregational Church'. The congregation met initially in the Nottinghamshire Cricket Pavilion until a new church was built and completed in 1901. The congregation of the Queen's Walk Congregational Church, Meadows, amalgamated with the Friary in 1970. In 1972 the church joined the United Reformed Church. (Source: www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections) The memorial comprises two brass plaques and a stained glass window. The inscription on one plaque reads: In sacred memory of (10 names). In humble thanksgiving for the return of (18 names)'. The inscription on the other plaque reads: 'In humble thanksgiving for the return of (34 names)' The 5-light stained glass window depicts Joshua, Caleb, King David, Gideon and Jonathan. The inscription below these figures reads: In memory of our men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919 and in humble thanksgiving for those who safely returned.'