Last week I left you with some views of the outside & churchyard of this wonderful church, today I will take you round the inside and show some of the details that set this church aside from many of the others I have visited St peter & St Paul even has it's own Wikipedia page
Back in the entrance porch and the doorway
This tomb is in the floor as you walk to the church door
above the scoop for holy water
Inside you can see the church has been restored in Victorian times
In the chancel with the choir stalls
At this point my usual format went out the window as I forgot to take a photo of the altar with the window so mesmerised by the wall paintings I saw in the apse
This shot was taken using my iPhone on panoramic
The picture of Christ above the central; window
Above looking back out of the chancel from near the altar. On the right a view of the nave with the pulpit on the right. I missed getting a photo of that as well
But I did go in the pulpit and get this view of the nave
On the left the church font with its cover. To the right the small church organ
View of the chancel arch looking to the altar
Going to the back were a screen and bell loft have been constructed at some time. with a wall memorial nearby on the right
This beautiful memorial is built in the blocked off north door of the church and carved though unfinished by Eric Kennington who restored a lot of the church
On the left you can make out the inscription at the base of the memorial.
This little fellow on the right is an imp who seems happy to be here
This little fellow on the right is an imp who seems happy to be here
This beautiful memorial is at the front of the nave by the chancel arch
The memorial to to the Moon Brothers, one who fell and the other who survived the 1st World War
Memorial to Col Earnest Jones
This beautiful stained glass window is in the nave North wall above
This memorial to Earnest R Moon which I should have taken another photo of as the light was behind me
memorials you can see above the
pulpit
Memorials in the Chancel above the choir stalls
This one above is quite stunning showing A Husband & Wife facing each other. Th inscription is ver hard to read an at the moment I cannot tell you who it is but I did get a date of 1629 off the base. I may drop back in an get a photo of the inscription with my phone
Below what looks like their three girls, one is missing and a fourth possibly in bed sick
Memorial of Capt Thomas Fraser
The memorial at the bottom of the two above is that of Isaac George Manley (1755–1837 who was midshipman With Captain Cook on the first voyage of the Endeavour in 1768-71
On the left is the memorial to Rev Samuel Hamersley why is buried nearby in the church. The one on the right is to Rev John Coulson who is also buried nearby
This is another wonderful old memorial dated 1673
What I loved was the detail shown in it. The inscription is in Latin which I cannot read but dates again to 1671
The small cherubs looking out
Another with family crest of Temple Stanley and his wife Grace
The angle on the base of the memorial
There was also some wonderful old church brass still in the floor
The right hand coat of arms is missing of this tile
This one of a lady is quite beautiful
above the inscription at the lady's feet
The one above is on the south side of the altar while the left hand ones were shown previous and are on the north side
A grated area, is it a baptismal ? on the right photo showing the roof of the church. Eric Kennington inspire the local people to carve the bosses in the roof.
One of the carved bosses
I noticed the date caved in thr roof beam
The church does have lot of wonderful kneelers
all decorated on a similar theme
The font and cover
Which is lit by this wonderful modern stained glass window that represent sthe woods & countryside around
Which is lit by this wonderful modern stained glass window that represent sthe woods & countryside around
I went back for this memorial as it is to a Richard Blackall from Wallingford
The window above is deadicated to Eric Kennington who love the church
The eched glsss tooks beautiful and is very hard to get a good photo of
It shows the deadication of the man who is buried nearby in the churchyard
Have a wonderful weekend
5 comments:
That is a church I would love to visit! It is packed with so many wonderful things of interest. The wall paintings are wonderful - shame about that window - and I really do like the very unusual Eric Kennington memorial window which must look amazing in the right light. Thank you for such a fascinating tour.
Oh my goodness! So many beautiful things to look at in just one church! I love the windows - gorgeous.
Liz
Your reports is how to do a visit with a very good guide. Thank you very much.
Have a nice Sunday, my friend.
Bill the churches that you feature have so many lovely details, many of which I never find here.
All the many items and elements you show are wonderful, but they are all hard. Somehow I am drawn to the only soft thing--the cushions! Or I guess you call them kneelers. Each made individually.
St. George's Cathedral is our most old-English type of church in Jerusalem and their variety of old embroidered cushions on the pews is very touching.
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