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North aisle window - Braunston, Northamptonshire

North aisle window - Braunston, Northamptonshire

This two-light window by William Wailes presents a moral and scriptural programme concerned with faith, obligation, and proclamation, expressed through paired Old Testament imagery and biblical texts.

Left-hand light:
The scene depicts Giving tithes, illustrated by figures presenting offerings. The accompanying inscription, “A Syrian ready to perish was my father” (Deuteronomy 26:5), forms part of the liturgy associated with the offering of first fruits, linking material gift-giving to remembrance of God’s providence and covenantal faithfulness.

Faith, Hope, and Charity - Litchborough Northamptonshire

Faith, Hope, and Charity - Litchborough Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window, dating to 1850, was made by Ward & Hughes ⓘ for the church at Litchborough. It presents allegorical female figures representing the three theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity.

Good Samaritan - Market Bosworth Leicestershire

Good Samaritan - Market Bosworth Leicestershire

This vibrant Victorian stained glass window, created by the prolific English glass painter William Wailes (1808–1881) around 1850–1860, is located in the east window of the south aisle at St. Peter ⓘ and St. Mary's Church in Market Bosworth

Lady Chapel - Avon Dassett

Lady Chapel - Avon Dassett

John Hardman windows of 1854 depicting The Annunciation, The Assumption, and St. Stephen ⓘ.

 

 

 

Nave windows - Avon Dassett

Six lancet windows, by Hardman and company, in the nave of St Joseph, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire.

 

 

 

East Window - Crick Northamptonshire

East Window - Crick Northamptonshire

The east window of the parish church of St Margaret, Crick, is a large multi-light stained-glass composition dated 1857, by Lavers & Barraud1, and predates the appointment of Nathaniel Westlake as principal designer at the firm. Occupying the principal liturgical position, the window presents a carefully structured theological programme combining figures of prophecy, witness, and redemption.

Frederick Bagshaw - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

Frederick Bagshaw - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

This wall memorial tablet commemorates Frederick John Salmon Bagshaw, lieutenant and adjutant of the 36th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry, who died during the opening phase of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The tablet is located at Thrapston, Northamptonshire, the parish of which his father, W. S. Bagshaw, was rector.

Quire Clerestory Windows - Gloucester Cathedral

Quire Clerestory Windows - Gloucester Cathedral

These stained glass windows in the clerestory ⓘ of Quire at Gloucester Cathedral were made by Clayton and Bell in the early second half of the 19th century. The original medieval clerestory glass had been transferred to fill in damaged panels in other windows in the cathedral notably the great east window and the window in the Lady Chapel.

Evangelists - Stamford Lincolnshire

Evangelists - Stamford Lincolnshire

This four-light stained-glass window, installed in 1860, was designed by William Wailes and depicts the Four Evangelists beneath elaborate Gothic Revival canopies, with narrative predella scenes illustrating aspects of their ministry.

From left to right stand St Matthew ⓘ, St Mark ⓘ, St Luke ⓘ, and St John ⓘ, each identified by traditional attributes and haloed figures set within richly coloured architectural frameworks.

  • St Matthew holds a book, signifying his Gospel. In the predella below he is shown writing at his desk, emphasising authorship and divine inspiration.

Coronation of Henry III - Gloucester Cathedral

Coronation of Henry III - Gloucester Cathedral

This 1860 window by Clayton & Bell ⓘ depicts the coronation of Henry III in St Peter's ⓘ Abbey (later cathedral), Gloucester, on the 28th of October 1216. A second coronation was performed at Westminster Abbey on 7th May 1220, Westminster Abbey, because Pope Honorius III did not consider that the first coronation had been conducted properly.

 

St Leufredus - Evreux

 

19th century stained glass of St. Leufroy (Leufredus) who was the founder of the Benedictine monastery at La-Croix Saint-Ouen, some 13km from Evreux. Leufroy grew up in Evreux and for a time was a teacher in the town.

 

 

Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral

The earliest stained glass window installed by Hardman, in Worcester Cathedral, is the three light Ressurection window installed in the north aisle in 1861. This eight light west window, however, is one of Hardman's larger works in the UK. Designed by George Gillbert Scott, it was installed in 1875, and depicts the creation. 

 

Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral

John Hardman and Co., installed a number of stained glass windows in Gloucester Cathedral during the 1860s, and in the north and south transepts there are some large studies on the Life of St Paul ⓘ and St Peter ⓘ in the 1870s. The cloisters in particular contain a large number of stained glass windows dating from the 1860s including a large extent of glass in the Lavatorium in the north arcade, and other scenes in the east arcade.

 

 

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