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Holy Cross - Byfield Holy Cross - Byfield

Built of Limestone with sandstone dressings this is mainly a C14/C15 church in the Decorated style. The upper part of the tower is in the Perpendicular style with battlements and a recessed spire.

Holy Cross - Byfield Holy Cross - Byfield

Detail Presentation of the Lord Nunc dimittis Song of Simeon tower Detail stained glass song Simeon holding Jesus in his arms

The church contains a number of staimed glass windows by the major designers of the age. Including the work above by Tower (1928) of Simeon taking Jesus into his arms.

Stained glass by Kempe (1897) - Byfield Stained glass crucifixion Hardman Byfield Stained glass by Powell and sons

Other windows contain a Christ in Majesty with St Thomas, St Anne, and St George by Kempe, a Crucifixion by Hardman, and a work by Powell & sons depicting Mary Magdalen, the mother of James, and Salome at the tomb.

St. Thomas by Kempe St. Anne teaching the virgin to read by Kempe St George by Kempe

Lower panels of south aisle east window by Kempe, these are represenations of St Thomas, St Ann and the Virgin, and St George.

detail east window by Burlison & Grylls East window by Burlison & Grylls - Byfield detail east window by Burlison & Grylls

The east window is by Burlison & Grylls which tells the Easter story in nine panels.

St. Mary - Staverton St. Mary - Staverton

Early C14 in the Perpendicular style also with Perpendicular C14 tower and a Decorated style C15 North chapel. The building is made of coursed ironstone and ironstone ashlar.

Faith, Hope, Charity East window by Burlison & Grylls Walking on Water

The east window is an unusual composition featuring the Annunciation and Crucifixion by Burlison & Grylls of London. Two of the windows in the South aisle “Faith Hope & Charity” and “Jesus walking on the Water” are probably by Heaton Butler & Bayne.

Brass monument to  Thomas Wylmer Brass monument to  Thomas Wylmer

In the north chapel is a brass monument to Thomas Wylmer (d1580). This is a standing monument with Ionic columns, metope frieze framing brass plate with kneeling figures.

Medieval stone carving Medieval corbel head

The west wall of the nave has a large grotesque carving of head with tongue sticking out c1300. Corbel heads from the same period are on the columns of the south aisle bays.

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Badby – St. Mary.

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St. Mary - Badby St. Mary - Badby interior

An early C14 church with the addition of a clerestory in C15. The tower rebuilt in the C18.

At the beginning of the C11 Badby and the neighbouring village of Newnham belonged to Evesham Abbey. After the dissolution of Evesham Abbey in 1539, the manor that comprised Badby and Newnham was given to Edmund Knightley of Fawsley.

Arms of Evesham Abbey, and Henry Tudor Monogram of Thomas Newbold

The eastern window in north aisle retains glass c1500 containing the Arms of Evesham Abbey, the Royal House of Tudor, and a monogram of Thomas Newbold Abbot of Evesham from 1491-1514.

War memorial stained glass window C15 font pedestal badby 16

A memorial window to those that died in the 1914-18 war features St. George and St. Michael. The pedestal of the font is C15 whilst the bowl is late Victorian. A mid C20 window memorial window depicting King david and Cecilia is dedicated to William Warner.

Chancel East window Chancel East window South aisle east window

The chancel east window contains Victorian stained glass set into a C14 frame. The south aisle east window, by Ward & Hughes, is dated 1881 and was installed during the Victorian restoration.

St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore

St. Mary the Virgin was probably first built in the 12th century. The chancel was rebuilt in the early 13th century, and the east window is of that date. The nave is early 14th century, the north and south aisle, and clerestory were added in 15th century. The tower was added in the 17th century as a replacement for a spire that was in need of repair.

St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore

The whole church was restored by G. F. Bodley in 1894.

East window, St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore (by Kempe) St. Mary the Virgin - Clifton on Dunsmore (by Kempe)

The stained glass in the east window is set into an early C13 triple lancet window. The North west aisle window was designed by Kempe.

clifton on dunsmore 29112008-06 (by Walwyn) clifton on dunsmore 29112008-05 (by Walwyn) clifton on dunsmore 29112008-07 (by Walwyn)

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All Saints, Norton All Saints, Norton

All Saints parish church Norton has a C13 tower, the rest of the church is mostly in the Decorative style of C14.

Font, All Saints, Norton Font, All Saints, Norton
Font, All Saints, Norton Font, All Saints, Norton

The font near the entrance is C13 with recut protruding faces.

Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton

Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton Stained Glass - All Saints, Norton

The stained glass in the north and south aisle windows contain shields and single figures of the St. Edmund, St. Stephen, St. David, St. Patrick, and St. Andrew of unknown the date and maker. However, the east window in the chancel is dated 1847 and signed by Thomas Willement known as “the Father of Victorian Stained Glass”.

Jacobean monument - All Saints, Norton Alabaster tomb - All Saints, Norton Alabaster tomb - All Saints, Norton

Alabaster tomb - All Saints, Norton Alabaster tomb - All Saints, Norton

The north aisle contains a rustic monument to Elizabeth Verney (d1633) of a kneeling figure. The south aisle has a large alabaster memorial to Elizabeth Knightley (d1602).

Monument - All Saints, Norton Monument - All Saints, Norton Monument - All Saints, Norton

The chancel contains two C17 monuments to memebers of the Breton family. A large pink and white marble monument to Nicholas Breton (d1658) and his wife, and a wall tablet to Nicholas Breton (d1624). On the north wall of the chancel is a monument by William Behnes dedicated to Charlotte Botfield. The life size sculpture is that of her son mourning his mother.

Mass dial- All Saints, Norton Sundial- All Saints, Norton

Outside on the south wall of the church is a painted sundial and an early medieval mass dial, a crude form of sundial used to determine when to ring the bells for mass, scratch into the stonework.