Altar of Repose, St John's, Devizes
The altar of repose in church this evening.
The late 15th Century Beauchamp Chapel (pronounced “Beecham”) is dedicated to a then prominent local family who donated chapels in other nearby churches. The corbels are much older, part of the original 12th Century Norman structure; they would once have been on the outside wall of the chancel wall. It was restored, inevitably, by the Victorians – right at the end of the period, in 1902.
St John the Baptist’s in the Wiltshire town of Devizes, dates from 1130 when it was constructed as a chapel to the recently completed castle. It is rumoured that the altar relic at its foundation was a feather from the wing of the Angel Gabriel. The feather has yet to be discovered!
Altar of Repose, St John's, Devizes
The altar of repose in church this evening.
The late 15th Century Beauchamp Chapel (pronounced “Beecham”) is dedicated to a then prominent local family who donated chapels in other nearby churches. The corbels are much older, part of the original 12th Century Norman structure; they would once have been on the outside wall of the chancel wall. It was restored, inevitably, by the Victorians – right at the end of the period, in 1902.
St John the Baptist’s in the Wiltshire town of Devizes, dates from 1130 when it was constructed as a chapel to the recently completed castle. It is rumoured that the altar relic at its foundation was a feather from the wing of the Angel Gabriel. The feather has yet to be discovered!