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