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East Window - Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire

East Window - Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire

A richly coloured Crucifixion window of 1868–1869 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, presenting the central mystery of the Passion within a balanced devotional scheme.

  • Left-hand light:
    The Virgin Mary stands with Mary Cleophas, their restrained grief expressed through gesture and posture, forming a quiet counterpoint to the drama of the central scene.

Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

This thirteenth century effigy of a Knight dressed in chain mail and surcoat, is thought to be John de Verdun (d1274) a close supporter of King Henry III. The effigy is sculpted from Barnack Rag stone, and can be found in the Saxon church of All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

 

Elijah and John the Baptist - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

Elijah and John the Baptist - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window, dating from the late 1860s, was made by Clayton & Bell for the church at Tiffield. It pairs figures of the Old and New Testaments: Elijah the Prophet and St John the Baptist , linked typologically through their prophetic witness and ascetic character.

Elizabeth Darnell - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

Elizabeth Darnell - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

This wall monument, dated 1831, commemorates Elizabeth Darnell and is located at Thrapston, Northamptonshire. It was commissioned by her daughter, Mary Montague, and is signed by the sculptor Edward Physick (1810–1842), whose short career produced a small but refined body of funerary work.

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