sps1955's photos with the keyword: Prior

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.

From S. Perpendicular W tower (built following a bequest in 1493) with the remainder rebuilt to the design of Charles Humfrey; work began in 1806 and appears to have been complete by 1812. I suspect that the window in the S transept is a Victorian replacement - compare the window in the corresponding transept on the N side seen in the next shot. The E end of St Mary, which stands in the same churchyard, is visible on the right. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127041 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=129083 (mon. 2).

Interior, through the E window. The body of the church was rebuilt to the design of Charles Humfrey; work began in 1806 and appears to have been complete by 1812. List description: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127041 ; RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=129083 (mon. 2).

From SE. Chancel almost completely reconstructed to design of Sir Arthur Blomfield, 1878; nave and C15 clerestory much restored about 1900, when the S. side of the clerestory was completely reconstructed, as was the S. aisle (apart from its E wall). The upper stages of the tower are C13, topped by parapet and fleche of 1965. On the far left is the NE corner of St Cyriac and St Julitta, which stands in the same churchyard. For more of the history of the churches, see www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/10006799203/in/set-721...

From W. Late C12 W tower with an octagonal upper stage; two sixteen-sided C13 stages above, topped by parapet and fleche of 1965. The W porch is C15 and was formerly fan-vaulted; the current porch roof dates from 1982 according to the church guide, although it replaces an earlier similar roof (see below). For more of the history of the church, see www.flickr.com/photos/40878011@N07/10006799203/in/set-721...

The left-hand image in the middle 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.

Image from 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.

Two parish churches in the same churchyard (St Mary on the left; St Cyriac and St Julitta on the right), probably reflecting an early manorial or tenurial division. In 1667 an Act of Parliament united the two parishes under a single vicar but ordered that both churches should be maintained. In 1779, however, the spire of St Mary's was struck by lightning and, according to the church guide, the removal of the spire in 1802 resulted in damage to the roofs of the nave and of the W. porch. The nave roof of St Mary was removed in 1806 and St Cyriac and St Julitta thereafter served as the main parish church, being rebuilt, apart from the tower, from 1806 onwards. The Allix family of Swaffham Prior House thereafter used the chancel of St Mary as a family mausoleum but St Mary's was restored and repaired at the start of the C20, apparently under their patronage. Thereafter it was St Cyriac and St Julitta's turn to become derelict, although it was put in the care of the Churches Conversation Trust in 1973, and has since been restored. List description: St Mary (Grade I): list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127040 ; St Cyriac and St Julitta (Grade II*): list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1127041 . RCHM: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=129083 (mons. 1-2).

The right-hand image in the bottom 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.

The left-hand image in the bottom 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.