This week The church Explorer takes you around the inside of St Edburg's church which I found to be quite beautiful and full of interest
South side of St Edburg
The porch, which from the look has a room over it
The doorway with modern glassed door
I noticed some graffiti on the windowsill in the porch
Inside looking along the nave with north and south aisles
Near the chancel arch and the new altar used for services
The altar with Norman arch behind
Inside the chancel with choir stalls
The east window and altar
East window and reredos below
The altar itself is quite stunning along with the reredos behind
View back out from the new altar
From the altar rails the chancel and Norman arch
The pulpit
Which give a great view down on the nave and south aisle
The screen is in the north aisle I did try to go in but it is locked. Odd thing is I had a selfie stick and did not use it to get a pho of the east window you see
Collage of the stained glass, the center one is my favorite
Memorials or monuments if you like, there are more that you can shake a stick at, this one really stood out
If you look at the scroll you see a face on this one
The monuments are quite something to look at
Collage of the memorial
I thing it was the colour of the coats of arms that I took notice of and that it had a date of 1574 on it
Thomas Roblyn MD a surgeon on the Sloop Bull Dog
Memorials on one of the arches in the nave
Memorial to Lieutenant William Henry Grimsley
Another old memorial this one dated 1652
Memorial to Mary Wife of John Burrows and three of her children, she was 29
Memorial to John A.l.Coker
You can miss this one which quite low down
Sad War memorial of the Fane family
Collage showing the Roll of Honour for Bicester, the lower one is unusual because you come across few from the Korean war
The Lady chapel, the window here is famed because it is by Morris & co, it is called the three graces
It is quite stunning to look at
The figures at the base of the window
The west arch
With another wonderful window to look at
At the west end of the there is now a kitchen area
The window in the south wall is quite beautiful to look at and the figures shown look quite modern
different scenes in each panel
with moments in the life of Jesus
The north aisle looking to the panel at the end from by the entrance steps
Zooming in a bit to the panel
The doors I did wonder is one lead to a former rood loft but I was told it just took you too the roof, the one on the right takes you to the bells
More interesting for me are these panels, I can only think of the Norman craftsmen who made them apart from the head in the arch, I'm not sure about that
I think it is amazing considering how old it is
The brasses must have come from a floor tomb now that are displayed on a wall dated 1602
More Norman carvings in the church
I love the head looking out of this corbel
The quatrefoil from around 1250 removed from the parapet of the south aisle in 2015 when the aisle was added to increase the capacity of the church
Looking over at the south aisle
Towards the north
The font which I would think is Norman
I will leave you with this photo of the Christmas tree with the chancel arch as background. There is much more to see in the church and I have shown as much as I can but it is worth visiting and I might just do that.
Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful week
8 comments:
So elaborate and charming, except skeleton man face. He is not charming!
That is mild by comparison in three churches I have featured you get to see the skeleton of the person under the tomb effigy above
There is so much to see in this church. I did like the screen and there are some superb monuments and memorials. The coats of arms are interesting - I am doing an online course on heraldry at the moment which is fascinating.
I loved that the Norman carvings are still intact - wow! And I could sit and look at the stained glass all day. It's all stunning, Billy. Thanks for the tour!
Bill - I am sorry that I wasn't there to show you around. I have been looking after this wonderful building for almost 13 years and am still discovering new things!
If you want to come back please contact me through the church office (email on our website) and I would be delighted to spend an hour or two with you. I note a number of small details on both entries here which are not quite correct or incomplete and I could put you straight on those. Matthew
It's Tuesday, my time to write comments. January is already over, now we're moving into February with another round and I'm looking forward to another week of wonderful posts for MosaicMonday. Most I love the colourful windows.
Thank you so much for participating, dear blog friend ... interesting to read!
Greetings from Heidrun
It’s magnificent!
I really like the modernised doors and such-like. Thank you so much for sharing and for taking part in #MySundaySnapshot.
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