St Giles Noke

 

After driving past  the turn off to the village and going on to Oddington I sopped off at Noke on the way back unsure if the church would be open, I was really glad to find it was saving me chasing up a churchwarden 

The side entrance we go through to the church

Another look along the south side from the west end

Then we go in the door

Which from the look has been in use for a while

 

 

 Now I did not expect the church to look like this

 

 

Looking into the cancel I admit I thought it would be a little more modern
 

 

The altar covering looked impressive

The stained glass window in the east end

 

 Turning around looking along the nave to the west end

 

 

To one side of the chancel arch the pulpit

Which give a good view of the nave

On either side of the chancel arch are niche's this one has a statue of the Madonna & child in it

I doubt it was the original statue in it but what is interesting is the remnants of of paint in the niche, the right hand side of the niche looks to have been restored at some time. The niche on the other side as a few paint remains as well

In  the chancel on the north side is a large niche you can find these memorials

This one is quite interesting, it belongs to Joan Bradshawe who died in 1598

She looks to have had eight children, four girls & four boys

Nearby you can find the mutilated effigy of her grandson Benedict Winchcombe who died in 1623

This look to have been the plaque belonging to him even though it is in Latin

Memorial to Rev John Carlvle

In the west end of the church you can see this stained glass window I noticed in the last blog of the outside of the church

As I thought it may be a window depicting poppies

Under the window the names of two men who gave their lives in the two wars, the window makes a worthy memorial for them

Nearby the church font which is lead lined and may be Norman

Picture showing the crucifixion

The organ was impressive with the coloured pipes

They looked like coloured pencils

The peddles looked well worn

Not sure is they still use candles 

There are more candles in the candelabras hanging form the roof

They are in the chancel as well

There was a very nice floral display on the altar

An old church chest

Photos of the old church one showing a bellcote and some history on the church

I will leave you with this view of the church with the cross on the top of the font cover in the foreground. 

Till next time take care and have a peaceful weekend