This was the first of five churches I visited one Saturday and one I have wanted to visit for a while. The church you see dates back to 1450 though no doubt there was another around here before that.
St Peter & St Paul taken from the corner of the churchyard
The tower with spire and clock, I confess I missed getting a photo of the clock which looks interesting
Wood framed entrance porch
view along the path running round the outside of the church to the graveyard at the back
The north side of St peter & St Paul
The North East end of the church
The buttress on the South West end of the church leading round to the porch
Inside the church looking along the Nave. As you can see there is a rood screen and at one time it would have had a rood loft as you can see from the gated door on the left under the cross, beside that is the doorway that would have gone to the loft. From what I have read this is one of the best examples around of the stairwell
The chancel where the sun came out for a moment when I took the photo
On either side of the chancel window you can see these panels
The Chancel window which is quite magnificent
The Altar, I did like the cross with the flowers and the hanging on the altar front
The back of the rood screen from the chancel
One of two sets the choir stalls
some of the kneelers by the altar rails
more near the pulpit with a beautiful embroidery on the lectern
It was not easy to take a photo of the organ because of the light coming through the window the pulpit was easier
This shot is from the back of the church
and one I took from the pulpit
The nicely carved font with cover and a view of the arch leading to the belltower
There was some very nice stained glass through the church
showing various scenes from the life of Christ
This window is at the back in the belltower
One of the first things which I noticed was the battlefield cross for Major F W L Gull who was killed in Action 28 Aug 1918. It was over the door that lead to the rood loft
There is a family memorial under one of the stained glass windows
This is the chief monument in terms of interest, is that erected to the great Elizabethan soldier, Sir John Norreys. He is known as the Drake of the Army, though he is little remembered today. The long inscription tells is story. It was put up by his collateral descendant, Norreys Bertie, in the 18th century. The information canme from the Royal Berkshire Hitorys
The second was the roll of honour for Yattendon
With a WWI helmet in pride of place over the top
Walking through the church you can see many fine old memorials
To churchwardens like Paul Waterhouse M.A
Or Sir John Andrew Bartista Gallini 1728-1805
and the Howard family here on the right
A more recent one to Edward Mauger Iliffe who was first Baron of Yattendon and the marble one of Alfred Waterhouse who was Lord of the Manor of Yattendon and died in 1905
Heading outside to the churchyard round the back you see a large burial area
With a few war graves
Lieutenant A.L. Ilsley and Private A.T. Pizzey who dies in the First World War
One Celtic cross stands out amongst the other graves
The one to the left has a niche in it, I wonder if it held something at one time. The headstone to the right had a crucifix, something I had not come across before on a heardstone
These four headstones are from the same Family
And one I noticed to Sir David Llewellyn
The grave of Chef Petty Officer E.S.B Martin of HMS Ganges
Have a peaceful weekend
