St James Ramsden

 

 St James Ramsden was a church I considered visiting on a previous visit to the area but it was always the last one on the list or one I had to go out of my way to get to with the churches I was visiting. This time I worked it so the church was second in a loop I intended to do while I had a loan car while my as my wife's car was being serviced

  In the Church of Englands, Ramsden used to be a dependent chapelry of the parish of Shipton-under-Wychwood. In 1848 the Anglican chapel was described as being "of recent date". The architect William Wilkinson designed Ramsden parsonage, which was built in 1862. It is now Ramsden House. In 1872 the Church of England chapel was replaced by the present parish church of St James. It was designed by the Gothic Revival architect Arthur Blomfield in an Early English Gothic style. Its bell tower has a broach spire and a set of three bells.^"

The tower on St James is offset to the main building and where you find  the entrance

^{Take from the road looking over the boundary wall to see the west end}

 

The tower with spire from over the wall

 

 

Looking from the south east 

 

 ^{South west view}

 

Back around to look at the north side

^{The churchyard on the south side is narrow}

^{Around the north side looking west}

^{North churchyard looking at the spire}

 ^{This part of the churchyard looks north towards what looks like the old village school there are a few more modern graves here}

 

Looking north along the churchyard, the building you see might have been the school. Although there are a few modern headstones in the churchyard you can find a new cemetery just outside the village which I did not get a chance to visit

 

 

Older tomb and crosses

 

 

Along by the roadside wall

 

 

Cast grave marker

 

^{Which was not the only one to be found in the churchyard}

 

Collage of headstones and grave markers

^{The  Nave looking towards the chancel}

^{Chancel arch and screen}

 

^{Inside the chancel with choir stall either side}

 

^{Going up to the altar}

Behind the altar the Reredo

^{Turning around to look back to the screen and nave}

 

Behind a choir stall in the chancel you can see an inscription dedicated to those who served in the war

^{The organ in it's own arch}

^{The inscription behind the choir stall}

The inscription is dedicated to the men who served and were lost in WWI from Ramsden

The pulpit with steps leading to it

Looking down on the pews

View back up the nave

I did not have to make a collage for these memorials to the Wynter family

The east window

These windows are in the north wall of the chancel above the roll of honor

The stained glass windows in the rest of the church are all Gothic Revival and quite stunning to look at

They all show different scenes and dedications on them

This one stood out for me

The south aisle now partitioned off in glass is used for a meeting area and kitchen

You will find some more wonderful stained glass, It may also have been the lady chapel as this window suggests

This is the other stained glass window you can see in the aisle

The font which is at the back of the church

This beautiful floral display is in front of the screen

 

I will leave you this week with this collage of the stained glass,

Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful week