Thoroton
St Helena

Glass

All the coloured glass in the church is nineteenth-century.

1East window

The east window is three trefoil-headed lights and three quatrefoil traceries.

The subjects are laid out:

    Christ in
Majesty
   
  An angel
swinging incense
An angel
swinging incense
 

  The Baptism
of
Christ

The wise men
bearing
their gifts

  The Crucifixion
of
Christ

The Presentation
of Jesus
in the Temple

  An angel
ministering
to Jesus

Christ among
the doctors as
a young man

The dedication runs across the bottom of the main lights and reads as follows:

Mary Treece to the Glory of God in memory of
James Treece her husband born 1796 died 1856
also of James their son born 1832 died 1866

The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake, London, 1869.

2Chancel south wall, eastern window

Two lights:

  
Left hand:
  Christ on the sea calming the waves
 
Right hand:
  The Raising of Lazarus

The dedication runs across the bottom of the lights and reads as follows:

To the Glory of God in pious memory of William
and Rebecca Williamson by Harriet Marsh their daughter.

The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake, London, 1869.

3Chancel south wall, western window

Single light of Christ rising in Majesty.

The dedication across the bottom reads:

To the Glory of God in memory of Joseph Moggs
Born 1769 Died 1836 and Sarah Marshall his wife
Born 1773 Died 1850 by Sarah Hall their daughter.

The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake.

4South aisle, eastern window

Three lights:

 
Left
  St Anne
 
Centre
  St Simon
 
Right
  St Agatha

Two traceries, left St Paulinus, right Hugh of Lincoln.

 
Left
  St Paulinus
 
Right    
  St Hugh of Lincoln

Inscription at the base reads:

In memory of George Storer their step-father
and Harriette his wife, this window was
erected by her children Clara, Ethel and Eric 1909.

No maker’s name.

5South aisle, western window

Three lights clear

6Tower south wall: Single light clear.

7North aisle west window

Single light of St Helena

The dedication across the base reads:

To the Glory of God Elizabeth Walter Mellish
Born August 23 1802 at rest July 13 1868
A son to his mother

No maker’s name.

8,9,
10
North aisle windows

Three windows, all of the same pattern: three lights of plain glass.

11,12Vestry windows

Two windows, both single lancet of plain glass.

Clerestory

There are three small quatrefoil clerestory windows on each side of the nave. Each is filled with plain glass. (The photograph shows two of the windows on the north side.)