Basford
St Leodegarius

Glass

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Key to Glass

1Tower, west end.

Detail of roundel

showing Newcastle
crest and motto

 Detail of upper sections
of both lights		 Detail of left light Detail of right light

Two main lights, left showing Joseph, Mary and Jesus, right the Three Wise Men.

Roundel at top shows the Newcastle crest and motto. The inscription at the bottom of the window reads:

In memory of Henry Pelham Francis Pelham Clinton, Fifth Duke of
Newcastle. This window was erected AD 1865 and renewed AD 1902.

By James Ballantine & Son of Edinburgh, 1865, renewed 1902.

2South aisle, west end.

Two lights: left The Good Shepherd, right Christ holding a lantern.

IHS and white lilies in the tracery.

Signed 'A.L. Moore, Southampton Row, London', bottom right corner.

Inscription at the bottom of the window reads:

In memory of Henry Roger Pitman B.A.for fifteen years Vicar of this Parish

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South aisle, south west corner.

Detail

Two lights, square headed. The Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin.

By C E Kempe & Co Ltd, 1911. (Their trademark, a tower on a wheatsheaf, at bottom left. Another feature of theirs, peacock feathers, can be seen on the angel’s wings).

The inscription in the bottom right-hand corner of the window reads:

To the glory of God and in loving and
grateful memory of Charles James Cox
of Rock House, Basford, born 20th Sept:
1832, died 28th June 1910, this window
is erected by his children.

4South aisle, middle.

Three lights, square headed, representing Faith, Hope and Charity.

Left
   Faith: ‘Faith the substance of things Hoped for’
Centre
   Charity Mother & two children ‘The greatest of these is Charity’
Right
   Hope: ‘Anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast.’

Cross of St George in tracery.

A brass plaque nearby reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
FANNY COX OF ROCK HOUSE BASFORD
WHO DIED APRIL 16TH 1905 AGED 64 YEARS

This memorial window is erected by her sorrowing husband
and children in grateful remembrance of her Love and sweet
companionship during many years of greatest happiness

5South aisle, south east corner.

Three lights, square headed.

Left
   Jesus with 3 figures: ‘He who is thirsty come to me and drink’
Centre
   Jesus in boat with 2 fishermen
Right
   Jesus with the woman at the well

Angels in tracery.

The inscription reads:

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF THOMAS EDWARD FOX WHO IN HIS 42ND YEAR
DIED AT SEA ON HIS VOYAGE HOME FROM AUSTRALIA FEBRUARY 23RD 1878.

6South aisle, east end.

Three lights.

Left
   Jesus kneeling offered goblet by person with face covered
Centre
   Christ in Majesty
Right
   Christ with hand raised over Lucifer: ‘The Trying of Faith worketh Patience.’

By Waites ? of Newcastle.

A brass plaque below the window reads:

THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY CHARLES COX IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WIFE REBECCA
DAVGHTER OF JOSEPH AND REBECCA PEARSON, OF BASFORD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 26TH, 1871 AGED 63

7Chancel, east end.

The east window Vesica window Left
light		 Detail of
left light		 Centre
light		 Detail of
centre light		 Right
light		 Detail of
right light

Three tall trefoil lights.

Left
   ‘Suffer little children to come unto me’
Centre
   Crucifixion
Right
   The Last Supper

Centre light by James Ballantine & Son of Edinburgh. Installed on 30 August, 1863.

The three lancets are dedicated in memoriam as follows:

Left
   for A Manx of Nottingham
Centre
   for Ichabod Wright of Mapperley Hall
Right
   for Rev J R Pitman of Kensington

In the north aisle, a framed light oak plaque reading:

The Middle Light
in the East Window of St. Leodegarius Basford
was erected AD 1863
to the revered memory of
Ichabod Wright of this Parish
by

H.R. Pitman

 

Vicar of Basford

D.Whalley

 

Incumbent of St John’s Carrington

T, North

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Churchwardens of St Leogedarius

J. Whysall Junr

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W. Simkins

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Churchwardens of St Johns

J. Fisher

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Mrs Pitman

 

Mrs Cartledge

Mrs Whalley

 

Miss M. Cartledge

A. Whalley

 

R. Eaton

J. Heeley

 

Mrs Eaton

S. Wallis

 

W. A. Eaton

Jno Hardy

 

Miss L. Eaton

Jas Hardy

 

W. Campbell

R. Hardy

 

T. Alliott

T. R. Starey

 

W. P. Owen

M. Farrand

 

T. Dickinson

R. W. Shaw

 

T. Poderwood

J. Dawkin

 

J. Fussell

T. Danks

 

 

After a fire in 1900 all were renewed in 1901, when an oval vesica at the top of the window was added. A copper plaque in the north-east corner of the chancel reads:

The Vesica window is erected in memory
of Elizabeth Brumell Pitman wife of
the Rev. H.R. Pitman Vicar of this Church

8North aisle, north east corner.

Single lancet, angel behind Mary Magdalene.

The inscription reads:

IN MEMORY OF CAROLINE ANN WHYATT
WHO DIED DECEMBER 11TH 1866

9North aisle, centre.

Single lancet, angel in red with gold wings.

The inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING
MEMORY OF NANCY RICE-JONES
WHO DIED AT BASFORD JAN 16TH 1906

Six plain lancets in chancel, six in north aisle.

In White’s Directory of 1844 it was noted that ‘the ancient armorial bearings that formerly decorated the windows are gone.’