St Bartholomew Yarnton Pt2

 

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

 

 

The nave

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

 

And another into the chancel

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

Sir William Spencer Knight and his wife

The tomb effigies are outstanding in colour. I might add underneath are two sons and five daughters kneeling facing each other

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

 

This is a bequest that makes interesting reading, I like how he remembered to have cakes given to the poor kids 

 

 

Small Statue of St Bartholomew 

 

ceiling in the Spencer chapel

The organ at the back of the church

Nearly forgot this roll of honour names who are all to familiar with me which always makes me wonder if they had been related to people I know

A last look at this beautiful old church

 

 I will leave you with this shot of a lancet window that has some 15th century stained glass in it.

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Till next time Have a peaceful weekend