Return to St Peter Great Haseley

 

  A return visit was on the cards and a lot sooner than I thought it would be  after I found out the church was open the same time as Great Milton, so after getting my photos I drove the short distance to the village and parked up outside. Sure enough the doors were open with a couple of people chatting inside. One of them was the Churchwarden who was very helpful letting be get a photo of a memorial in the Vestry. I found the church a lot more interesting than I expected it to be

Before I start be warned there are a lot of photos in this blog so I'd get a coffee and cake to read

Looking down the church from the cross aisle from the door to the chancel arch

Another view of the nave a little further back

The Chancel

 

One of the banks of choir stalls

 

The Chancel window in the East wall of the chancel

Above a curtain screen surrounds the altar which is topped by angels.

Right the Sedulla & Piscina

 

The rear curtain of the screen with the altar cross 

Looking back to the chancel arch and onto the nave

Over to the left of the chancel arch are these squints, the other side has one as well

 

The pulpit

 

 

 The view of the nave from it

Right looking towards the North aisle

Above the Lady chapel in the South aisle

Looking back West along the South aisle

Above the altar in the Lady Chapel

 

Font in the back of the South aisle

The tile on the wall surrounding the font look to be old floor tile 

 

Above the font which looks like it is from the middle ages.

 

Over by the South  wall a tomb effigy now on blocks

 

Along the North wall you find niches with old stone coffins and a tomb effigy on one

Tomb of Luke Taylor 

An stone coffin with half a lid

 

Next niche you find an old church chest 

Over to the side of the South aisle by the chancel a wood screen

The tomb effigy in the niche that is badly damaged

 

The church has some really nice stained glass that is worth looking at

 

 

This one is above the entrance in the West end

 

 

The other can be seen in the North and South aisles

 

 

At the end of the North aisle in the East wall is this more modern stained glass window

 

 

This is in the chancel

 

 

as is this one near the Sedulla & Piscina

 

 

The stained glass no doubt dates from Victorian times

 

 

The saints names are beneath the figures

 

 

You can see this on in the South aisle above a niche

 

 

The North aisle

 

 

 

Looking near the altar in the North aisle

 

 

Above the altar in the North aisle which is from the look around the middle ages

Left a niche with older parts of church stone work of tome effigy 

 

Above the door looks like it is from a rood loft

Old brass memorials

This looks like a funerary death helmet and gloves

 

 

Memorial to Roger Gilderd-Somervel who was killed at Neuve Chapelle march 1st 1915

 

 

Oder memorial in Latin 

 

Above the oval memorial is to Rev George white

 

 

 

Below is this one to Coronel Folliott Churchill

 

 

In one of the arches in the aisle is this memorial to Rev Johes Whistler

 

 

In a niche that was a door in the North aisle is the roll of honour  with a chair and outline of a soldier from the First World War who did not come home to take his place

 

 

The roll is hand written with their names

 

 

Before I left the church the churchwarden kindly let me in the vestry to get some photos of the memorial in there as it was part of a chapel once

 

The bust of the baron from the manor which is not seen often

 

Left the side of a vault  

Left a brass showing a figure praying

William Leynthall of Latchford (d.1497). It shows him in a burial shroud.

The church chest you can see when you walk in the entrance in the West end

 

 I will leave you this week with the church Bible on a lectern in the South aisle

Till next time Take care and have a peaceful weekend 

 

St Peter Great Haseley

 

 

After visiting St Mary the Virgin in Great Milton  it was only a few miles to the next village of Great Haseley and St Peter's church. The church can be seen in the distance across the fields as you travel along the road to Thame. I have to admit I did not know what to expect with St Peter but was pleased with my first view when I parked up outside. Some history from Wikipedia

"The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter dates from about 1200. The three-bay arcades linking the nave with the north and south aisles are in a Transitional style from Norman to Early English Gothic, as is an external doorway that has been re-set on the west side of the bell-tower. The chancel and its arch were built late in the 13th century, and it retains all of its Decorated Gothic windows from that time. In the 14th century each aisle was extended eastwards with a fourth bay, and at the end of each aisle is a chapel with a squint into the chancel. The north-east chapel is Perpendicular Gothic, as are the bell-tower and the clerestory that was added to the nave. The Gothic Revival architect Thomas Garner restored the chancel in 1897. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building. The tower has a ring of six bells. Four of them — the present third, fourth, fifth and tenor bells — existed by 1552. In 1641 Ellis I Knight of Reading recast what are now the fourth and fifth bells and cast a new bell (now the second bell), increasing the ring to five. Late in the 1690s William and Robert Cor of Aldbourne, Wiltshire recast what is now the third bell. Thomas Rudhall of Gloucester recast the tenor bell in 1774 and cast a new treble bell in 1775, increasing the ring to six. In 1925 Gillett & Johnston of Croydon re-cast the treble and the third bells, an event watched by King George V and Queen Mary. Also in 1925 all six were re-hung in a new iron frame, which has capacity for the ring to be increased to eight.

St Peter's had a church clock by 1666, when it is first mentioned in the churchwardens' accounts. It was replaced by a new clock in 1759 or 1760. This in turn was replaced by the present clock, which was installed in 1865.

The churchyard contains one war grave from World War II, of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Muirhead, the first British Member of Parliament to die serving in the war.

St Peter's parish is now part of a single benefice with the parishes of Great Milton and Little Milton.^"

The view of the church from outside in the road

Above right the tower with the entrance to the church at the base, left a North side view showing the staircase on the side

The door wich is Norman to Early English Gothic 

The North side of the church showing the aisle

Above the North entrance door which from the look has not been used in years

Another view along the North side of the church looking West

A chapel which not doubt used as a vestry now

The East end showing the huge Chancel window

Looking across the churchyard to the South side of the church

Above the South aisle and tower

Looking East over the headstones South of the church

Above something I found very interesting the Porch on the south side of the church which is not used any more.  Right a view across the vast churchyard 

I liked the headstone of Rev Richard John Blakeway

Left pat of the churchyard where he is buried

An old chest tomb by the East end of the church which is listing over to one side and eroding

One Commonwealth War Grave of Dale Edward Gostick. When I noticed the date I felt very sad that he had lost his life in a recent conflict

Near the east end of the church are these graves

I did like this old headstone just a shame the words have eroded

An even older headstone

Above a Wooden cross the owners name gone

Lichen covered cross

Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Muirhead, the first British Member of Parliament to die serving in the war. I missed finding his grave as I was looking for a cross, after checking on Find a Grave I noticed it was near a cross leaning which is centre in left photo after cropping it I managed a clearer picture of it, I could also make out his name on the headstone in the original

Nice headstone with a vase of flowers

belonging to Christopher Hywel Edward Issac

I will leave you with this photo of a dove that is part of a cross in the churchyard and wish you all a Wonderful weekend. 

Till Next time Stay Safe