Plaques & Memorials....
Only One Rival!
This tablet was erected by Henry Yates Thompson in memory of his father Mr Thompson.
It may seem to be of simple marble – however, it is a slab of porphyry, which is of so large a size that it only has one rival in the world – the slab on the grave of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey!
Henry Yates Thompson interestingly, also presented the City of Liverpool with the Palm House in Sefton Park.
Rare Plaques!
The Baptistry holds some rare treasures.
Mr Thompson Yates had an interest in the Della Robbia pottery works of Mr Rathbone of Birkenhead.
On his death, his sister Miss A.M Thompson donated in memory the plaques, frieze cherubs, and the oak panelling and screen that separates the Baptistry from the Nave.
The War Memorial
This is situated outside the entrance to the Lady Chapel. It is made from Alabaster and holds the names of those killed in the Great War and parishioners’ names that served overseas or amid the perils of the seas.
This is unique in that the Chancellor of the Diocese granted permission to include the names of not only those who died, but those that were wounded or returned uninjured – as they had indeed ‘hazarded their lives in high places of the field’ by service in regions of danger.
Coat of Arms
These coat of arms, sited above the balcony, entitle the church choir to wear red Choir robes.
Much of the above information taken from the book 'Knotty Ash' by Gordon Radley.
Edited by S. Thorpe and R. Southern
Edited by S. Thorpe and R. Southern