The second of my revisits to this area and another wonderful church to visit St Denys Northmoor was only along the road from Stanton Harcourt so it seemed silly not to stop off to visit again
Entrance to the churchyard though the gate
In 1059 King Edward the Confessor granted land at Northmoor to St Denis Abbey in Paris. Northmoor was made a separate parish in the 12th century, and the parish church of Saint Denys was then built. Nothing survives of this original building except the font, which is Norman. The earliest part of the present Church of England parish church on the same site is the Early English Gothic chancel, which was built in the 13th century. The chancel's east window is a set of three lancets and it has another lancet in its south wall. The present nave and north and south transepts were built early in the 14th century. The bell tower over the west bay of the nave was added in the 15th century. The tower has a ring of six bells. Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester cast the fifth bell in 1714, and Thomas Rudhall cast all the others in 1764. The Gothic Revival architect C.C. Rolfe carried out a sensitive restoration of building in 1887. St Denys' is now a Grade I listed building
The entrance path takes you to the door on the north side
North east view with a row of family graves in the foreground
Heading to the north east of the church
Around to the south east side
South west end
Back to the north side
Churchyard looking over to the road
Around the south side looking west
Some headstones on the south side by the porch
The porch is used as a store because the doorway to the church is blocked up
South side looking east
Path at the north east end of the church going to the road
The headstone stood out for me
In the church looking down the nave
The altar looking to the chancel
The chancel with the old altar and east window
Altar and east window
Closer view of the altar and east window
The east window
Looking back through the chancel arch from the choir stalls
Barrel arch, the colour did not show so well but you can see hints in some of the other photos
Sedila seats and piscina
Stained glass window
Memorials
Nalder family memorial
Couple more memorials thought the inscription not so easy to read
Looking back from the chancel arch
Pulpit is nothing special to look at
View down from it, to the left you can see the blocked south doorway
I have forgotten where this altar was in the church
Painting of Christ carrying his cross
North aisle with the organ
South aisle or Lady chapel used as a meeting area with lots of books in it and a grand piano
Old church chest the date is 1727
I should have read what the note said at the bottom of this banner
Rather nice statue of the Madonna and Child which is not as old as the niche it sits
The memorial above
Mothers union banner
List of benefactors to the poor
This little commemoration plaque explains the Madonna and child
Could not say what this is other than it above the pulpit
Stoup or piscina
North transept where these memorials are hidden away
On the north wall are a couple of tomb recesses a lady this side
and a knight the other
The are Sir Thomas da la More and his wife Issabella dating to 1314 and they are not in the original position, they were side by side on a tomb but moved here sometime after the 19th century they were also painted and some of the paint can still be seen
Another memorial
There is also a tomb chest
The owner makes interesting reading
Some medieval paining
Stained glass window in the chapel
To the back and the gallery
British legion flag and shields either side
The inscription dated 1701 tells you who gave it
The Roll of Honour over on the south wall
With the list of the fallen
The tub font with carving on it
Behind you can see this photo of the old church
Back of the font and the church
One last look down the nave
I will take my leave with this photo of a straw angel
Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful week
