This week we return to St Bartholomew Yarnton to have a look around the onside of this wonderful old church. From the outside St Bartholomew looks interesting and often you find it is not the case inside. On this occasion I did wonder as I walked in but looking up the south aisle I could see it would be very interesting as as I walked around it became even more so. Get a coffee and join me
The porch on the south side of the church, good sign the door is open
In the porch the door leading to the church
Around the sides of the porch is a freeze
Both sides showing though now painted
Inside you first view over the south aisle and an interesting arch to the right
Above the chancel arch the remnants of medieval wall art
The view though the arch dominated by the present altar
with a beautiful modern altar covering
In the chancel with the altar table at the end in front of the east window
From the altar we look back the other way to the arch and present altar, for some reason I did not get a photo from behind the altar of the nave
The pulpit with floral display in front
from the pulpit I did take a shot of the nave an south aisle
When I first came in on looking right I notice the screened chapel
The other direction is also screened off for the bell pulling and a kitchen, it was locked
So into the chapel at the end of the south aisle. I took this with a wide angle lense
Which was also useful to get a shot of both tombs
The first on in white and black dates back to the 17th century
Sir Thomas Spencer stands with his daughters on the sides while I presume his wife & son stand either side
This one I found even more impressive
The coat of arms above
I noticed this bench and table in the centre no doubt for the mother and baby group that meet here
It is worth looking at closely with the churchwardens names on the end and handles
The other end is a give away being a hand byre for carrying the dead to the grave on. One of the better ones I've seen
This is one of the two fonts, one is original Norman
The other a Perpendicular Gothic one from about 1400 from St Michael at North gate in Oxford
I like the carvings around the outside
A chest tomb near the back of the church between aisles
I did think it was older but I could see the date was from the 1800's
Now there are some beautiful windows with stained glass inserts with the largest collection of early 17th century heraldic glass
both large and small lancet ones
The stained glass inserts really made me look twice
It dates from the 15th & 16th century's
Reminder of Charles I which was around Oxford for a while keeping away from Cromwell till his night march well more like running away march
Another Spence memorial