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The Story of St Wilfrid's Church

 
 
Cover  -  Front Page  -  St Wilfrid's Church  - The Architect  -  Origin and Early Days  -  Growth  -  Some Dates  -  The Windows
 
East and West Windows  -  North and South Main Aisles  -  The Great Rood, Screens and Organ  -  Chapel of Our Lady
 
Chapel of the Holy Spirit  -  Chapel of St Wilfrid  -  Chapel of St Raphael  -  North and South Choir Aisles  -  The Cloisters and Hall
 

Miscellaneous Gifts  -  Pictures

 

 

 
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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