The church was demolished in the 1960s to make way for St. Cuthbert's Village. The plaque is stored in a Gateshead Council depot [2007]. A marble and granite plaque 1m wide, in classical style. It has an urn at the top with swags down the sides. Inscription: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO FELL IN THE GREAT AND VICTORIOUS STRUGGLE FOR RELIGION, HOMELAND AND LIBERTY 1914-1919 1939-1945".

Stands outside the east end of the church. A wayside calvary stone with a bronze crucified figure and lead lettering. There are three steps at the sides of the monument and one at the front. The wooden cross is now missing having been damaged by vandals. Insciption: "ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION AND PARISHONERS OF ST. CHADS IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. GRANT O GOD PEACE TO THE LIVING REST TO THE DEAD".

A splendid 1914-18 monument consisting of a series of inscribed brass plaques mounted within a Clasically detailed black painted frame formed of two Doric columns supporting an entablature. "ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF WELLINGTON STREET WHO FOUGHT AND DIED IN THE GREAT WAR, THEIR GLORY LIVETH EVERMORE". Probably unique in the region as a memorial dedicated to those men from a single street killed in the war.

This war memorial was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
'The memorial was unveiled on 17 November 1921 by Mr J Sedeole, Churchwarden, and dedicated by the Bishop of Durham. Commissioned by the Parish Council, the memorial cost c£1,000, raised by public subscription. The memorial was designed by JH Morton FRIBA and sculpted by George Walker Milburn of York. It commemorates 83 local servicemen who died in the First World War.
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Hilda (Grade II-listed), to the west of the church. Built in Stancliffe stone, the c7m tall memorial takes the form of an early medieval cross. The cross shaft rises from a plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base.
The front face of the cross head is richly ornamented with carved interlace, and the figure of Christ crucified in relief. The principal dedicatory inscription carved in relief on the cross shaft below reads TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD THIS/ CROSS WAS/ ERECTED IN/ THE YEAR/ OF OUR/ LORD 1921,/ IN/ GRATEFUL/ REMEMBR/ ANCE OF/ THE DECLA/ RATION OF/ PEACE IN/ THE GREAT/ EUROPEAN/ WAR AND/ IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ FOR THEIR/ SOVEREIGN/ AND EMPIRE/ BY SEA LAND/ AND AIR.
Below the panel containing this dedication, three ornamental panels carved in the front face of the cross shaft include interlace patterns, symbols of the Passion, and three ammonites, the emblem of St Hilda. The figure of St Hilda carrying a model of her church is carved in relief to the rear of the cross shaft. The commemorated names are carved on the four faces of the plinth.
The memorial stands on a raised platform approached by a rake of four steps from the east.'
One of the tallest war memorials within a church precinct in Tyne and Wear {1}. Set in a railed enclosure. It was cleaned in 1989 by Peter Cox Restoration of Newcastle.

There are in fact two Crosses of Sacrifice in Harton Cemetery. This type of war memorial was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1919 in a range of four sizes. The memorial consists of a tall long-shafted Portland stone cross with a bronze sword applied to it, set on an octagonal stepped base. There are over 1000 of these across the world, many in military cemeteries. There are 12 examples in Tyne and Wear including these 2 at Harton. One stands at the north-west corner of the cemetery, the other is set amongst the CWGC headstones in the south-west corner. LOCAL LIST

A 1914-18 war memorial based on the standing Celtic Cross design. A 16 feet high cross of Heworth stone on a plinth with five steps. Located in a fenced enclosure on the site of the infilled village pond. Unveiled 9th June 1920 by the Earl of Durham. "1914-1919 SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE PARISHES OF WASHINGTON AND BARMSTON WHO DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY". The sculptor was J.W. Reed of Newcastle. The designer was Jos. Potts of Eldon Square, Newcastle. The memorial lists 173 names for World War One, 105 names for World War Two and one name each for the Falklands War 1982, Gulf War 1990-1 and Iraq 2003. The monument was restored in 1986 by Washington Village Society {www.newmp.org.uk}. GRADE II LISTED

Originally located in Fenning Street off Walker Road, this 1914-1918 war memorial was moved to the forecourt of St. Silas Church in 1996. The memorial is dedicated to the men of Byker killed in the Great War and used to stand next to St. Lawrence's Church, which was demolished in the 1970s. The memorial was moved when the church site was built up for development. An example of the fairly rare type of war memorial which depicts the crucified Christ. 10ft high with roof over crucified figure. The octaginal plinth is decorated with flowers. 3 steps.

1996 by Alec Peever. A slab of yellow sandstone carved with Isaiah's prophecy: "INSTEAD OF THE THORNBUSH WILL GROW THE PINE TREE AND INSTEAD OF BRIARS THE MYRTLE WILL GROW. THIS WILL BE FOR THE LORD'S RENOWN FOR AN EVERLASTING SIGN WHICH WILL NOT BE DESTROYED. ISAIAH 55V13". This refers to the care required to maintain the environment. There are also wooden staithes reclaimed from the Tyne, metal entrance-ways designed by local schoolchildren, a pebble mosaic of the British Isles and five signposts to five European countries. Commissioned by Tyne and Wear Development Corporation.

1995 by Richard Broderick and Graham Robinson for Northern Freeform. Off Howdon Road at the north end of the Dene. A mock playground with colourful concrete sculptures of cars, buses and a castle set within a wooden fence. The floorscape is set with mosaics. At the south end there is a mound with a silver chimney-like column with a fibreglass figure of a child on top, which points out to sea between the two piers.

1994 by Alec Peever and writer Linda France. A metal relief texts in an artificial pond at the south end of the Dene: "THE TIDE IS TURNING". And a retaining wall with soft yellow stone tablets which each carries a word from the following quotation: "IF WATER WERE WORDS WHAT WOULD THE TYNE SAY?".