Annesley
All Saints

Glass

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Key to Windows

1Memorial Window in Lady Chapel

Detail

Dates from restoration in 1909. To the memory of Mary Gray and William Gray and given by their daughter, it replaced the memorial window with the same dedication installed shortly before the fire of 1907.

There are three brass tablets associated with the window:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
MARY GRAY,
CALLED TO REST, AUGUST 29TH 1904.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM GRAY,
WHO DIED 21 AUG 1882, AGED 51.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM AND MARY GRAY
REPLACED BY THEIR THREE CHILDREN
AT THE RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH.

Window in memory of William Arthur Ward Leese2Memorial Window at East end of South Aisle

Window in memory of William Arthur Ward Leese, Vicar from 1926 to 1939. The inscription along the bottom of the window reads:

To the Glory of God & in memory of William Arthur Ward Leese, 1878-1956, Vicar of Annesley, 1926-1939

Evelyn Saint window3Memorial Window at West end of South Aisle

Window in memory of a parishioner with a long record of worship. A simple figure of Christ is accompanied by the inscription:

In thanksgiving for

1911   Evelyn Saint   1984

Good Shepherd window4Memorial window at South-West corner of church

The inscription reads simply:

I am the good Shepherd

The window has a maker's mark for Michael Stokes (MDS Stained Glass Ltd) and is dated June 1986. There are no details of whom the window commemorates, if anyone.

Small Stained Glass Window5Small Stained Glass Window to South of West Window

The window depicts and angel carrying a crown, and the inscription:

BE THOU FAITHFUL
UNTO DEATH

6West Window

Filled with plain glass, with rectangular leading.

7Small Stained Glass Window to North of West Window

This is clearly a pair for Window 5. An angel carries a sword and a set of scales, and there is an inscription:

He that overcometh
shall inherit all things

8Window at West end of North Aisle

Filled with plain glass

9Window at East end of North Aisle

Filled with plain glass

10East Window

The upper section
of the window		 Detail Detail Detail

When the church was completed in 1874, this window was 'filled with common glass', but later it was re-glazed as a memorial to the Revd Clement Howard Prance, Vicar from 1871 to 1890, who, with Mr and Mrs Chaworth-Musters, was instrumental in building the New Church. The window was dedicated by the Bishop Suffragan of Derby on 21 February 1891. According to the Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 'the subject of the window was designed by the late Rev. C. H. Prance, and the staining of the glass has been carried out by Messrs. Powell Bros., of London.' The original window was destroyed in the fire of 1907.

The design includes ten Bible Scenes, the Crucifixion and medallion heads of five disciples, the lettering of their names being split in a curious fashion. A small portrait of the Revd C H Prance is included at the bottom of the window in the centre.

A small brass tablet on the north wall of the sanctuary reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF CLEMENT HOWARD PRANCE,
VICAR 1871 TO 1890.
THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED BY HIS
WIFE, RELATIVES, PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS.
JUBILATE DEO.

11South chancel window near the main altar - plain glass

12Middle window in south chancel wall - plain glass

13Window in western end of south chancel wall - plain glass

Stained glass by Sophia Musters

The east window
at Colwick Old
Church, c.1910		 Panel 1 Detail of
Panel 1		 Panel 2 Detail of Panel 2

On the north wall of the nave are two illuminated panels containing sections of stained glass paintings by Sophia Musters dating from 1817. They were originally installed in the east window of Colwick Old Church and transferred to Annesley All Saints in 1937.

The paintings were inspired by the glass designed by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicting the Seven Cardinal Virtues at New College, Oxford.