All Saints Marcham

 

I will say before I start that I have visited All Saints Marcham before back in around 2010 but I only wrote the blog on it in 2017. The photos I took inside were not what I would use on a blog today so I had the chance to revisit the church and take some more photos and write a new blog rather than hash the old one, I might add that next weeks church is also a revisit only this time to see inside the church

"The oldest parts of the Church of England Parish Church of All Saints are 13th-century, including the west tower and probably the font. The south doorway is Perpendicular Gothic from either the late 14th or early 15th century. Also Perpendicular are the timber roof of the nave and the 15th-century doorway to the west tower. The church was heavily rebuilt in 1837. It is a Grade II* listed building. The tower has a ring of six bells. James Wells of Aldbourne, Wiltshire, cast the second, fourth, fifth and tenor bells in 1816. Charles and George Mears of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble bell in 1855. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry also cast or recast the third bell in 1988."

^{South east from the churchyard}

^{East end of the church showing the two chapels}

^{North west looking at the tower}

^{Bell Tower with buttresses}

 ^{Looking up the tower}

^{Wide angle view of the north side of the church}

^{South west view of the church}

 View looking up the path to the south side of the church

^{Churchyard south of the church}

^{Looking west}

^{West again towards a meeting area}

^{Collage of headstones}

^{Looking east beside the church}

^{Over to the south side of the churchyard looking east}

^{Couple of coffin tombs one which still has head and foot stones}

^{Looking west south of the church to the meeting area}

Graves north side of the church

 

The porch

 

Statue of Jesus in an alcove above the entrance

The beautiful Perpendicular Gothic south doorway

Inside looking to the altar

The altar

Closer view showing the floral display

 

I managed to go in the left hand chapel which is now a vestry to get a photo of the stained glass window

In there is this Roll of Honour

In the right hand chapel is this Stained glass window

Collage of the panels on the window

^{There are a couple of memorials in the chapel}

^{Both to the Duffield family}

^{Looking to the organ loft from the altar}

^{The organ loft which was locked so I could not get a photo from it}

Collage of memorials to the Floyd family

 

The pulpit 

The pulpit was full of electronic equipment for the sound system so this the best I can do for a view from it

^{The pews I am glad to see are retained}

^{A clerks desk}

This looked to be the oldest memorial dated 1675

 

Couple of brasses now mounted on wood plus a royal coat of arms you can see

 

^{Thornhill memorial}

^{Memorial and bequest of Mr John Barnes who must have been rich to give that amount}

 

Bunce memorial

 

These memorials  are on the west wall of the church and may have been on the floor at some time

Eagle lecturn

^{Carving on one of the pillars}

The font which is probably one of the older things in the church

 

I will leave you with this photo which was take n the right hand chapel

Till Next time may I wish you all a peaceful week