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from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center - August 24, 1995
The Local History group of Northampton U3A paid a visit to the village of Duston - an old area of the town. One of our members gave us a talk on the history of the village and Church, and then took us on a walk around the village.
Stained glass window in the Loretto Chapel, Old Santa Fe, New Mexico. The chapel was completed in 1878.
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Memorial window given by the Stephens' family, in the church of All Saints, Hereford and installed in 1926. The church guide suggests that it is a late work by Clayton & Bell. The window has within it tiny pictures of both All Saints and of Hereford cathedral. The faces, especially in the choir at the top, give the impression that these are portraits of real people. Perhaps they were members of the family, or choir members at All Saints? I would love to know if any of them can be identified.
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street. Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866. The old Royal Museum is a Class A Listed Building.
West window depicting Fortitude and Justice by Morris & Co reusing earlier figure designs by Burne Jones, c1897 (certainly Justice is by Burne Jones, Fortitude may be the work of John Henry Dearle).
St Peter's at Dormington sits close to the road where this small but attractive building may be admired by many passers by. At a glance it may appear a fairly humble building, a simple two-cell structure of nave and chancel crowned only by a weather-boarded spirelet belfry at the west end, but there are rewarding things here for those who stop.
The chancel was mostly rebuilt in Victorian times but the nave is still largely late Norman, though this is not readily apparent from outside given the later windows. The first real sign of Norman work here is a very special one revealed upon entering the south porch: the door knocker is a rare piece of late Romanesque metalwork in the form of a feline head (nowadays a copy takes the place of the original which is kept in the treasury at Hereford)..
Inside the antiquity of the building is much more apparent, with the tiny chancel arch seemingly bored through the east wall of the nave revealing little of the space beyond. The style is transitional as the arch is pointed, but the proportions suggest a late 12th century date nonetheless. Various 17th century memorials adorn the walls with some details of sculptural interest.
The most memorable features inside the church however are the two very fine stained glass windows, that at the east end being a rare work by Mary Lowndes and Isobel Gloag depicting the Last Supper from 1901. Lowndes is famous for setting up the Glass House at Fulham to provide studio space for a number of renowned Arts & Crafts artists, Her glass here is a striking piece with faces full of character. At the west end is a late work by Morris & Co using cartoons by Burne Jones for the figures of Fortiitude & Justice, all in characteristic cool greens and warm orange.
Dormington church is normally open and welcoming to visitors and well rewards a visit for its antiquity and glorious glass.
Set in a 14c triple light - 1897 Stained glass window showing Mercy, Peace and Justice
"To the Golory of God and in loving memory of Samuel Boteler Birstowe QC and Judge of Country Courts, eldest son of Samuel Ellis Bristowe of Beesthorpe Hall in this parish, born 5th Octoebr 1822, died 5th March 1897 & buried in his vault in the NW corner of this churchyard.
- Church of St Andrew, Caunton, Nottinghamshire
Millennium Windows in the north wall of Malvern Priory, the parish church of Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Designed and made by Thomas Denny. The subject is from Psalm 36, verses 5-10
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