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The Story of St Wilfrid's Church |
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Cover -
Front Page -
St Wilfrid's Church -
The Architect -
Origin and
Early Days - Growth -
Some Dates -
The Windows |
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East and West Windows - North and South Main Aisles
- The Great Rood, Screens and Organ -
Chapel of
Our Lady |
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Chapel of the Holy Spirit -
Chapel of St Wilfrid -
Chapel of St Raphael -
North and South Choir Aisles
- The Cloisters and Hall |
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Miscellaneous Gifts -
Pictures |
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NORTH and SOUTH MAIN
AISLES |
The reliefs round
the nave are by the late Miss Frances Darlington, at one time a
member of the congregation. The whole series is very sincere and
impressive in aim, and gives colour and warmth to the nave as a
whole, though the scale is rather small for a church of such size.
She had members of the congregation to sit as some of her models.
Those on the north side and beginning at the west end portray the
Incarnation, and are :
1 - The Annunciation ; 2 - The Shepherds watching in the field ; 3 -
The Nativity and the Shepherds ; 4 - The Wise Men or Magi ; 5 - The
Presentation in the Temple with Simeon and Anna ; 6 - The Flight
into Egypt.
Those representing the Atonement begin on the west wall of the Holy
Spirit or South Chapel, and are :
7 - Our Lord washing the Disciples feet ; 8 - The Betrayal by Judas
; 9 - Jesus before Pilate ; 10 - Jesus carries the Cross ; 11 -
Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross ; 12 - Simon of Cyrene
helps Jesus to carry His Cross ; 13 - The Women, with S. Veronica ;
14 - Jesus is taken down from the Cross ; 15 - The Ascension.
(Note how she portrays the Ascension by the imprint of Jesus' Feet).
North aisle window. There is only one and it is in a recess (once a
door to the then unfinished nave), at the west end. It is a
delightful two-light window showing Eli and the infant Samuel and
was given by Mr. R. P. Beckworth.
South aisle windows. On the ground floor or arcade level, starting
from the south-west corner, the first single-light window is of St
Nicholas, in memory of Douglas and Robert Douglas Blair. Then comes
St George, in memory of General Craster and this, the earliest in
the church, is not a great success, being too hot in colour. Next,
going cast, is St Clare, given in 1932 in memory of Mrs. Clara
Richardson. Then comes St Francis in memory of Francis Babington. |
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