St Nicholas Newbury Pt 2

As promised the second part of my look around St Nicholas Newbury. What took me by surprise was the amount of stained glass windows in the church

Above you enter through porch above and are greeted by a floral display beside the portal

Above which is this wonderful window of the birth of Christ

Facing you is this effigy on a memorial though I could not tell you who it is apart from the fact he had a lot of kids. To the right of it is this beautiful piece of artwork

To your left is this magnificent stained glass window at the west end of the South Aisle

Walking across to the nave you get this view of the church

Nearby is the baptismal font 

Standing in the chancel arch you can see the nave has been re-ordered

The stained glass chancel window is what stands out in the church

The carving behind the altar was impressive as well

View of the choir stalls in the chancel

The North aisle looking towards the old Church Organ

A view down the Nave. It was here the Newbury Martyrs were put on trial

Above the entrance to the Lady Chapel in the South Aisle

Which has rather nice Altar decoration 

The stained glass window is quite beautiful too.
Left a view from the chapel along the South Aisle

Nearby is the pulpit which has a sounding board above

View of the nave from the Pulpit 

At the back of the church is the Roll of Honour for Newbury

The top of which has tiles showing the three main forces

In the bell tower you can see a lot of memorials from differing dates

a church brass on the wall

Above a memorial to the submarine HMS Tigris which was adopted by the People of Newbury . Right memorial plaques of differing years

Above the Roll of Honour for those men of the parish who died in WWI

Left some of the old family vaults at the back of the church

Above the stained glass window in the West end of the Bell tower

The Lords prayer and parts of scripture in the south aisle. Right a memorial in the Lady Chapel

The Stained glass window stands above the entrance door to the lady chapel in the South wall of the church

Two more of the memorilas in the chapel

Above the stained glass window at the end of the North aisle , left one above a door in the North wall

There are four huge stained glass windows in the North aisle

The last one which is to the right of this one showing Jesus calming the water I was unable to photograph because of a panel in front of it

One the South aisle are four more stained glass windows

They all show scenes from the life of Christ

And if that was not enough when you walk along the nave all the windows above are Stained glass too

While you are looking up check out the roof

Its pure medieval 

One of the Angles you can see in the nave

Not sure about this one, is is a green man or dies he have a turban on?

I'll leave you with this stitch photo looking from the Chancel to the nave. I hope you enjoyed your little tour round though I feel the photos do not do the church justice, you really need to walk around to see everything.

Have a peaceful weekend

St Nicholas Newbury

St Nicolas is a church I have visited in the past for photos but always found shut when I went. Finally one Friday I went along to Newbury with my wife and while she was shopping I popped in for some photos of the church. Some history from Wikipedia.
"St. Nicolas Church is dedicated to the eponymous Bishop of Myra in the fourth century. A church was first built in this spot during Norman times, and it is mentioned in a document of 1086 in which Ernulf of Hesding gives the church of the Abbey of Préaux.
The present parish church was entirely rebuilt, probably between the years 1509-1533. It is in the architectural style of the late Perpendicular period. The presence of certain devices in the stonework, in particular the pomegranate device (the apple of Grenada) and the portcullis device (which appears on the Tudor royal Escutcheon) indicates that the church was built during the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, which ended in divorce during 1533.
In Fuller's "History of the Worthies of England", published in 1663, it is stated: "John Winchcombe, commonly called Jack of Newberry... built the church of Newberry, from the pulpit westward to the tower inclusively, and died about the year 1520".
Although the church was extensively restored by the Victorians, they made no major structural alterations."
I have decided to show the church in two parts with the internals next week as it has some amazing stained glass

One of the two entrances like this off St Bartholomew Street

The view along the path from the second entrance

Seat along the South side wall

Above the side door to the chapel and entrance porch

 The west entrance and bell tower

The West end with North & South Aisles

View of the tower on the South side and porch

Another shot of the South side

The east end where a few memorials on the wall can be seen

The East end of the Chancel and North Aisle

The churchyard on the South side

These headstones are on the other side of a footpath that runs through the churchyard

it forms part of a older area

though one part has been made into a garden of remembrance

Around the East end of the church you will see th emost tombs ard graves

One of the chest tombs

All these were in prominent places to show the importance of who was buried here

This one had the inscription still readable

Along the North side are more though I fear more are in the overgrown part to the riht

I will leave you with this view of the church with the impressive vault in the foreground
Click on the link to see Part Two

Have a wonderful weekend