Saturday 28 January 2023

St Giles Bletchingdon Pt2

 

I managed to revisit St Giles Betchingdon just before I published my blog last week so rather that add the photos at the end I decided to write a blog to show the inside which was worth visiting. The Church was opened up for me by the Church Warden who was waiting inside and I have to thank her for taking the time to open up the church as early as she did. I thought I might be asking too much for it to be opened 8:30.  This was the first time I have tried out my iphone 14 Pro so although I did use my Mirrorless camera these first few were taken with my iphone

Using the wide setting on the phone

Moving to  normal setting

Times 2 gives this image

and three give you this view

I took this from the chancel arch

using the phone on landscape wide

The altar with chancel window

Altar and screen

This was with my camera to show the rear screen

Camera from the back of the church


Looking towards the rear through the arch from the altar

The pulpit which is Jacobean

From the pulpit

This memorial plaque in the chance hid the only piece of the wall painting in the church

closer view of the wall painting which dates to the 15th century

This memorial is probably part of the family to the left, my feeling is it covered up an older one

This one is the oldest with the date of 1628 on it

Either side of the altar you will find more memorials

As you go in the nave from the chancel you see the organ

The East window which replaced the 13th century one for on in the stile of the 14th century the Victorians preferred

You can see some really nice stained glass around the church, the top left one more modern and my favourite


more of the beautiful stained glass

Over in the north aisle you find this window with battlefield grave crosses

Both the crosses differ in stile

The north aisle

The altar and east window in the north aisle

The east window showing the good shepherd

I took photos of the Roll of Honour but realised the was a second when I looked at my photos. The First world war one did not have ant poppies by it

some of the memorials in the church

The three on the left from the same family

Holy water stoup now housing  a nativity scene

The font at the back of the church is dates from 1683

I will leave you with this photo I took showing the reflection of the stained glass window behind me

Till next time have a peaceful weekend


20 comments:

William Kendall said...

A beautiful interior, especially the stained glass.

Anne said...

What a stunning church interior so many things to discover. I love the stained glass windows and I really love the last photo with the reflection. I could imagine how it would feel to be a bride walking down that aisle, beautiful!

Linda said...

Great tour! The new phones are amazing.

Linda P said...

The interior has many interesting features including the Jacobean pulpit and memorials. The stained glass windows are beautiful. I like the colours and the designs especially the Good Shepherd and the Creation with the animals. Thank you for sharing. Have a good week.

Ragged Robin said...

What a super church and so good of the church warden to open the church for your. The wall painting fragment looks fascinating. The stained glass is lovely and I particularly like the one you mention which looks like St Francis of Assissi?

Kim Carberry said...

What wonderful photos and a beautiful church. How kind that the church warden opened it up for you so early. x

Anonymous said...

Lovely!
Thank you so much for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2023/01/weighing-heavy-on-my-mind.html

Angie said...

Love the rear screen and the organ. I never get tired of looking at all your photos of these gorgeous churches!

Billy Blue Eyes said...

That was particularly nice

Billy Blue Eyes said...

It was nice looking around and at least told what to look for

Billy Blue Eyes said...

This one really feels that way

Billy Blue Eyes said...

There were a lot of nice features in the church and the stained glass was really nice

Billy Blue Eyes said...

The reason was there happened to be a funeral later in the day and it was the only time I could visit that day

Billy Blue Eyes said...

She put herself out that that day

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Google not working for you either I see

Billy Blue Eyes said...

Thank you for being kind

Sarah MumofThree World said...

Some very interesting memorials and stained glass windows. I'm very impressed with the photos from your new phone too.

EricaSta said...

The windows are impressiv ... what a fantastic Mosaic again. Thank you for sharing on
MosaicMonday

RachelSwirl said...

I'm loving the shots of the stained glass windows. Thanks so much for linking up and sharing your snaps with #MySundaySnapshot.

Rudbekia said...

Very beautiful church and unique stained glass windows