St Leonard Eynsham

 

This week the Church Explorer visits St Leonard Eynsham  which was only visited recently. I decided to jump a couple of churches I have yet to post from this year and show the inside of this beautiful old church.

 

 The market square you will find St Leonard's Church

 Inside the porch the entrance door and to the right a door leading to the bell tower

 

 

The sign at the door told me it was Wednesday War Welcome and after entering and saying hello was asked if I would like a drink, I declined and said I would take my photos first, as you can see a few of the locals were making the most of it

 

 

Chancel arch

 

Chancel 

Altar rails and altar

 

Altar & east window

 

Closer view

 Looking back through the chancel arch towards the back of the church

Kneeler in front of the altar table

The beautiful east window

The top windows are in the nave and chancel, the two bottom panels are made up of mediaeval glass and is in the nave

View of the chancel arch with the altar used for services in the foreground

Another view of the chancel

Back through the chancel to the nave

Wide

The pulpit

 

Wide view of the church showing the south aisle, nave and north aisle

Some of the memorials in the church

 

More memorials you can see

The organ which looks quite modern

Down in the chancel the north wall has been cleared of the plaster to show the faded wall painting it hid

Church chest

This is the last of the medieval pews and the panels in the centre is a piece of the old rood screen

 

 Headstops on the chancel arch and the roof corbels

 

North aisle

 

The door takes you into the chapel that was there, now it has been changed for use as a crèche

 

 

The north aisle with 

 

There you can find a hand written Roll of Honour and this note to go with it

The entrance door with a piece of the stone arch from the old abbey

You can see the arch had the carvings on it still

The plaques showing the  ten commandments

These ancient piscina and aumbry can be found in the south aisle

The archway here was the entrance to the stairs leading to the rood loft

Beautiful candelabra in the nave

The church font which was a capital from the old abbey

The detail on the rim which if you look beneath you will find a green man, I missed this only finding out after reading the history.

With that I will take my leave till next time, Have a great weekend