St Margaret of Antioch Return Visit

Last week I had the opportunity to return to visit Hinton Waldrist and the church of St Margaret of Antioch. I visited the church back in 2010 and it was only a quick visit I also found the church was locked at the time. Moving on to the present day I found out the church was part of a benefice I was trying to complete. Before lock down I had enquired as to when the church was open  and was going to arrange a visit but the virus intervened in those plans. I then had a email telling me the churches would be open again so I went along for a visit.
"The Church of England parish church of St Margaret is mid-13th-century. It is cruciform, completed in the late 13th century by the addition of the south transept. Several of the windows and their stained glass are 19th-century. Inside the church are several monuments to members of the Loder family, and one dedicated to the memory of Airey Neave, who lived in the village and has his grave in the churchyard. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
The west tower is Decorated Gothic and has a ring of six bells. Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester cast the second, third and fourth bells in 1709. William Taylor of Loughborough cast the fifth bell in 1843, presumably at the foundry he had at that time in Oxford. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1868. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast the treble bell in 1928.
St Margaret's parish is part of the Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield.
The oldest part of the Old Rectory is the rear wing, which is 14th-century. It has three crucks and was built as a hall house. The central part of the house was added in the 17th century, and the front was added about 1840. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is no longer a clergy residence."
Photos were taken with both Iphone and DSLR

The church had not chanced since my last visit

Lock Down has not effected the church

The churchyard was still neat and tidy

with just the odd bit of long growth around some of the headstones

Some parts  we left but did not look unruly like some other churchyards

The corner of the chancel and transept

wider shot of the East end

The porch and the gate is open a good sign

The view down the nave to the chancel and the chancel

Behind the altar this wonderful mural of the last supper

Above the Chancel window looked simple and elegant

The central part of the window

Above there are two more windows in the chancel with stained glass sections

Memorial to Robert Loder Symonds who was killed in action November 1945 He is buried in Jakarta War Cemetery

There are other memorials to the Loder Family in the Chancel that you can see

The memorial above is a bit more ornate that the other more simple ones of the Loder family

Apart from the Loder family memorials there is one old one that stands out to Joseph Hill who was a rector of the church and died in 1673.
A bras plaque to Fredrick Harmer MA another Rector of the parish

The other memorials of note , one is the Roll of Honour and a brass memorial to Albern Mountey Jephson Rn who died in Hong Kong in 1871

This small plaque was one of the fist things I noticed and thought it was a beautiful gesture to the man. I remember reading his book "They Have There Exists" and being enthralled by how Airey Neave escaped Coldiz Castle in World War Two. I remember how he was killed at the House of Commons in a most cowardly way. He was a hero who did not deserve what the IRA did to him.

I never realised he lived around the Village

 

The South Transept Chapel is now dedicated to him. I would have gone in for a look but the door was locked because of the epidemic we have at the moment but I managed a couple of shots through the glass panel

This view looks down the Nave from the back of the church near the font

A memorial to another parishioner

The stone pulpit shows this view of the nave

Above near the altar in the aisle a floor tomb slab can be seen

The other windows of the church with stained glass in.
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Left a the Roll of Honour from the First World War

At the back of the church a historic display showing the Royals in Hinton













on the West wall above the display another memorial can be seen

Going back out the porch you look through this window to the churchyard













The south side of the churchyard

You will find these tow Commonwealth War Graves in the churchyard to Private E Reeves  and Worker W E Absalom

The Churchyard on the North side, at the end some steps lead down to a private cemetery belonging to the Manor

Looking back up past the North transept

Above across the East end of the church and a view of the churchyard and church

Some of the older headstones and a chest tomb

A couple of more tombs on the East end of the church

  above Crosses of varying ages in the churchyard. That was going to be the last photo until I was given some more information on Airey Neave telling me he was buried in a cemetery a few yards down the road.
I had pasted this the first time I came to the village years ago and never realised it was there

The cemetery is where the recent burials take place

And this is one headstone they really did stand out for me. At one end more headstones can be seen.

But I wanted to see this grave and pay my respects to a great man where he is buried with his Wife. RIP

Till Next Time Stay Safe and Take Care