 Bleasby
St Mary
Glass
There are three stained-glass windows in the church, all other windows being
glazed with lozenges of cathedral glass.
 East Window
A very colourful three-light window, depicting in the main lights St Peter,
St John and St James. Three angels in tracery quatrefoils together proclaim: “HOLY
HOLY HOLY”.
It carries the inscription:
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT KELHAM
KELHAM ESQ OF BLEASBY HALL
DIED AUG: 10 1862 AGED 74 |
The maker has not been identified. It is assumed that the glass dates from
the rebuilding of 1869.
 Tower West Window
One of the older windows in the church with most of the tracery replaced.
It has a pair of stained glass lights, likely to be 19th century, each with
a trefoil head under a round arch, over which there is a central quatrefoil
filling the arc. On the left is a depiction of the Baptism of Jesus and on
the right Jesus with children.
The maker and the date of the installation is not known.
With its obvious connection to Baptism and the near proximity of the font it
may have been installed at the same time as the new font 1853, but there is
no evidence to support this.
 Magnificat
Window
This is the easternmost window in the south wall of the nave.
The glass is the work of Christopher Whall and is a fine example of his work.
It was installed in 1910 and is a memorial to Henry Lewis Williams, a vicar
of St Mary’s
for twenty-two years. It has three narrow round-topped lights filled with
squared leaded glazing. In the centre light is the blue robed figure of St Mary
with the child Jesus, the two side lights depicting angels playing musical
instruments.
The principal inscription (continuous text above and below the figures) is
the opening words of the Magnificat:
MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD AND MY
SPIRIT REJOICES IN GOD MY SAVIOUR |
In the lower right-hand corner is a small panel inscribed:
To the Glory of God, and
in loving memory of Henry,
Lewis, Williams for 22 years
Vicar of this Parish 1888-1910 |
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