SJ9295 : Memorial to William Cooke
taken 10 years ago, near to Denton, Tameside, England

In Loving Memory of
WILLIAM COOKE,
WHO AFTER A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS
BORNE WITH MUCH PATIENCE
ENTERED INTO REST ON NOVEMBER 6TH 1909
IN HIS 56TH YEAR.
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD A CONSTANT ATTENDANT, HE WAS FOR
SEVEN YEARS A SIDESMAN AND A WARDEN OF THIS CHURCH
TO WHICH HE WAS GREATLY ATTACHED. HE WAS ALSO A REGULAR
AND ATTENTIVE SCHOLAR, AND, FOR OVER 30 YEARS AN
EARNEST AND CONSISTENT TEACHER IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
A DEVOTED SON, BROTHER, HUSBAND AND FATHER; A TRUE
FRIEND AND A WILLING AND LIBERAL CONTRIBUTOR TO
RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE WORK. HE HAS LEFT MANY
TO MOURN HIS LOSS.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS
BEREAVED WIFE AND SONS
"Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord --- Yea, saith the Spirit, for they
rest from their labours, and there
works do follow them" REVELATIONS XIV.13.
St Lawrence's Church, Denton is on the busy Ashton to Stockport Road (A6017), and so is a notable landmark for many travellers. It is at the centre of the parish of St Lawrence, about a quarter of a mile from Denton Town Centre.
The church is a timber-framed building dating from 1531 at the most conservative estimate. It is one of only 29 of this type of common mediæval church building remaining in England and Wales.
Originally the timber-framed structure was neither a parish church nor dedicated to St. Lawrence. It began as a chapel of ease dedicated to St. James. It became a parish church under the name St. Lawrence in 1839.
It is known locally as:
Th'owd Peg, because of the wooden pegs used to join the timbers, or alternatively,
The black and white church (for obvious reasons).
More information can be found at Link(church web site)
