St John the Baptist, Kidmore End

 

This week the Church Explorer revisits St John the Baptist, Kidmore End, the reason was because I found the church was now open again after having some repairs done and I wanted to see inside. Now I have written a blog on it before but as I have been inside now I decided to write  anew up to date blog for you. Some of the external may look a little odd in colour because I used a filter for the suns glare

Not much in the way of history other that the church was built back in 1852

 

Going over to the west of the churchyard to see the church

 

The porch on my visit

I wet back again to get a few photos outside and this time the well have been decorated with Poppies for remembrance Sunday

Going across the churchyard to get this view of the north side of the church

East end which as you can see is a apse

South east view

 

South of the church

 

North west

South west

Wet end, the church has a single bell in a cote

Churchyard and church

North of the church from the path

Family plot covered in leaves

Couple of wooden memorials

South of the church looking towards the school

Looking east to the road

Grave crosses, one on the right is cast iron

South side looking west

Going further up the churchyard

Towards the school yard

Commonwealth war grave of Private C.E.Payne

Commonwealth war grave of Private Harry G.L. Leach

Commonwealth war grave Lieutenant W.J.Ward

Collage of the churchyard

West of the church

West again from the path

The porch after it had been decorated

Inside the porch

Stained glass one side

Floral display on the other

Inside, looking down the nave

Going down the nave a little

In front of the chancel arch

In the chancel looking at the altar

Altar and three main east windows of the apse

Collage of the center three windows

Three of the four other windows in the apse, one is partly hidden from view

Two of the windows have statues of St John the Baptist and the Madonna and Child

Back though the nave to the west end

 Near to the west end

The font which you could see in the last photo

Choir stalls

the other set in front of the organ

Which has some nicely painted pipes

Pulpit

The mosaic around the top

Center mosaic

Along with the outer two

View of the nave from the pulpit

Tiled area in front of the altar

Shelf behind where the altar was

Over on the left side of the altar are these arches

Right hand side with table

Seats for the priest 

Recess with tabernacle in it

This used to have a candle burning in it but now a light

Stained glass windows in the church

Memorial to tow Worthington brothers killed in WWI

Carved eagle lectern

Stained glass window of the four virtues 

Collage showing them

Couple of stones from St Paul's Bay in Malta, the significance is lost on my

Poppy though I could not say if it is from the tower in 2018 display there

Painted corbels 

Memorial on the end of a choir stall

Corner by the chancel arch

It also has a small library with a lot of up to date books 

Display on the top of the font

In the window

They really are well done

The glow sets this one off in the chancel

This one is in the chancel window opposte

I will leave you with this photo of the war memorial 

Till next time have a peaceful week