sps1955's photos with the keyword: Stained glass

The westerly of two stained glass windows with C14 figures of saints, "much restored in 1853 by King of Norwich" according to the Buildings of England . On the left, St James (the Greater) with sword, pilgrim's staff (from which hangs a water-gourd) and his attribute of a scallop shell on his hat. On the right, St Martha, complementing St Mary Magdalene seen in the easterly window .

The easterly of two stained glass windows with C14 figures of saints, "much restored in 1853 by King of Norwich" according to the Buildings of England . On the left, St John the Evangelist, apparently holding the poisoned chalice given him by a pagan priest of Ephesus to test him; the poison escaped from the chalice in the form of a small two-headed dragon, as recounted in the Golden Legend (1228-1298): www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/saint-john-evangelist . On the right, St Mary Magdalene, seen wiping Christ's feet with her hair in the lower panel (which looks to me as if it is entirely C19).

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window was dedicated by Alice Chetwode to the memory of her mother, who died in 1897. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window, dated 1890, depicts Saints Lawrence (with a depiction of the gridiron on which he was martyred), Alban and Stephen (holding stones, the instruments of his martyrdom). List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window, dated 1894, shows scenes from the nativity and the early life of Christ, from the journey of the magi to the flight into Egypt. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window was dedicated to the memory of Queen Victoria, who is depicted in the bottom right panel kneeling in the manner of a donor figure in a medieval window. List description for church: list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1377621 .

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window commemorates the nearby battle of Blore Heath (1459), depicting Henry VI on the left with his wife, Margaret of Anjou, on the right, and St George in the centre. What the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls an "unreliable tradition" claims that Queen Margaret observed the battle from Mucklestone church tower.

The church, with the exception of the W tower, was rebuilt in 1883 and equipped throughout with stained glass by C. E. Kempe, dating from c.1890 to 1905, mostly at the expense of the Chetwode family of nearby Oakley Park. This window commemorates the nearby battle of Blore Heath ; what the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls an "unreliable tradition" claims that Queen Margaret observed the battle from Mucklestone church tower.

By Ward and Hughes, commemorating John Hailstone, "the founder of this church", who died in 1871. Lode was a settlement in the parish of Bottisham, adjacent to the lode which connected the village with the River Cam, and had no medieval church. The church at Lode was built as a chapel of ease to Bottisham church; Hailstone, who was vicar of Bottisham, gave £1,090 of the £1,765 cost of building, and £710 of the c. £1,000 raised to provide £40 yearly for the permanent curate whom he employed there [ www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol10/pp215-220 ].

Incorporating 15th-century glass presented to the earl of Exeter, mostly from Tattershall church, re-set by William Peckitt in 1759-60. For details see the RCHM report: www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/stamford/pp6-36 , item 31.

Right-hand image from the middle tier of the central N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes.

Left-hand image from the bottom tier of the central N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes. The biblical quotation below this panel, from Isaiah, XL, 1, was also used at the opening of Handel's Messiah : "Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned". Like the next panel , this panel appears to be a preparation for the third window with its theme of peace.

Left-hand image from the middle tier of the central N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes. The main image appears to show an irrigation scheme with, above, a YMCA hut - according to its website , the YMCA provided huts during World War I to give soldiers food and a place to rest on the front line. Whereas the first window largely dwells on violent and militaristic aspects of the war, the second seems more positive (in Christian terms) and dwells on attempts to relieve suffering or at least to provide Christian solace, in preparation for the third window with its theme of peace.

Right-hand image from the bottom tier of the central N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes. This final image of the central window prepares the way for the third window with its theme of peace.

Plaque beneath the westernmost N. aisle window. The glass was conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes.

Left-hand image from the bottom tier of the easternmost N. aisle window (the "Peace Window"). . Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes.

Right-hand image from the bottom tier of the easternmost N. aisle window (the "Peace Window"). Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes.

The right-hand image in the top tier of the westernmost N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes.