Averham
St Michael and All Angels

Glass

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Key to Glass

1.Two lights, patterned Victorian glass.

2.Three lights. Holy Family, boy Jesus in the carpenter’s shop, adult Jesus healing the blind.

In memory of Robert (1830-1910) and Ellen (1839-1913) Lee, possibly the parents of Robert Lee who helped Rev J C Walker build his theatre in c1913.

Probably by Hincks and Burnell.

3.Three lights depicting Faith, Hope and Charity.

Dedicated to Geraldine May Walker, died 31 May 1905 and E H Houghton, died 30 June 1902.

4.Three lights showing Ruth, St Mary the Virgin and Diligence.

In memory of E S V Walker, died 4 June 1888.

5.Two lights and quatrefoil. Lower parts of the window were put together with great skill c1882 by the Rev J H Sutton, rector of Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, from fragments of old glass found in a cellar at Kelham Hall.

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6.Five lights, six lozenges and one quatrefoil. In the main lights from left to right – the Garden of Gethsemene, Jesus carrying the Cross, the Crucifixion, Descent from the Cross, the Resurrection. Four lozenges depict instruments of the Crucifixion, the upper two lozenges contain the symbols for Alpha and Omega. In the quatrefoil there is St Michael and the dragon.

The rector, the Rev Joseph Walker, commissioned the window from Clayton and Bell in 1859-60.

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Quatrefoil containing
old glass

Three lights and three quatrefoils.

The top quatrefoil contains old glass, the rest of the window is Victorian glass with oak tree motifs.

8.Three lights, containing diamond panes alternating holly and vine motifs.

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Three lights with upper Perpendicular tracery.

Window depicts three archangels: Raphael, Michael and Gabriel. The window dates from 1883 and is by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.

The inscription along the bottom of the window reads:

An affectionate remembrance of Richard Hall Weightman of Averham
who departed this life Nov 22nd 1882 Aged 79 years.

10.Three lights with upper Perpendicular tracery. Plain glass with inserted diamonds of fleur de lys and other foliage.

11.Three lights with upper Perpendicular tracery. Early nineteenth century glass with four inserted Italian paintings and inserts of other decorative motifs.