The main text on the information board reads:

"The Shincliffe Memorial Hall, as it was initially known, was opened in 1922 to commemorate local men who had died in the First World War. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1923 but was quickly rebuilt that same year. It has been the home of Shincliffe Women’s Institute ever since. 

The hall was built on the approach to Shincliffe’s first railway station. When it was opened by the Durham and Sunderland railway company in 1839, it was the nearest station to the city of Durham. Closed in 1893, it was turned into a Council depot, making use of the warehousing which had been built beneath the platforms. More recently it was redeveloped as housing. The nearby Railway Tavern in Low Road closed in the early 1990s and has been converted to flats.

Shincliffe W.I. and Shincliffe Local History Society, with support from Durham County Council, have produced this information board to mark the centenary of the hall. There are memorial plaques in St Mary’s Church listing the names of those who fell in the two world wars. For more information about Shincliffe’s Roll of Honour and Shincliffe W.I., go to www.slhs.uk or scan the QR code below."