| Official Name: | Whitley Chapel |
| Static Image Name: | Old School and School House, Whitley Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 101258.jpg |
| Label Position: | left |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | North East England |
| Shire County: | Northumberland |
| Constituency Westminster: | Hexham |
| Post Town: | HEXHAM |
| Postcode Area: | NE |
| Postcode District: | NE47 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NY925575 |
| Coordinates: | 54.912°N -2.119°W |
Whitley Chapel is a village in Northumberland, England about 4miles south of Hexham, and in the parish of Hexhamshire.
Whitley Chapel is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
In Whitley Chapel Village Hall is a plaque commemorating those fallen soldiers from Hexhamshire killed in battle during the two world wars. Local historian and publisher Hilary Kristensen was behind the idea and the plaque is the fruit of nearly three years' work. The plaque was unveiled in 2009 by Hilary Kristensen, Mike Linklater and parish council chairman Brian Massey.[1]
The names recorded on the plaque are:
| The Great War | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| John Atkinson | William Dagg | Robert Leathard | |
| Surtees Atkinson | Joseph Davison | Dent Oliver | |
| James I. Bowman | John Henderson | James H. Robson | |
| Thomas Brown | George Holden | Joseph W. Simpson | |
| Cecil P. Clark | William Kennedy | Harry J. Spencer | |
| World War II | |||
| Fred Armstrong | Leonard Atkinson | Eric Robson | |
| John S. Atkinson | Robert N. Atkinson | Vincent J. Swallow | |
| Walter R. Dawson | |||
The church is dedicated to St Helen.[2] The church was built in 1742 on the site of a medieval church. Renovations in the nineteenth century. [3]