Collingham St John the Baptist

Features and Fittings

Chancel

Rood Screen

Rood screen The Rood

The rood screen was designed by Martin Travers and installed in 1940 to commemorate the Revd A J Maxwell, Rector 1907-1937.

Rood above screen, crucifixion, painted and gilt.

Commandment Boards

On either side of the High Altar, mounted on the east wall, are two painted, tinplate Commandment boards, evidently 19th century in date, depicting the Ten Commandments.

Each board has at the base words: the north derived from Psalm 38:1 but reading '...me not to rebuke O Lord in thine anger neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure' and the south probably dervived from Psalm 69:16 but reading 'Have mercy upon me of God alter thy great goodness according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine defences'.

These lower boards may be a later addition to the Commandment tables above.

Commandment boards
on either side
of the east window		 Board on
the south		 Detail of board
on the south		 Board on
the north		 Detail of board
on the north

Piscina

Piscina

The is a small rectangular piscina in the south wall.

Nave

Font

Font

Octagonal, probably post-medieval, font on shafts dating from the 13th century.

The cover is 20th century.

Pulpit and Pews

Pulpit Pews
Lectern The 14th Station
of the Cross

The pulpit and plain pews date from 1907-8 and were donated by Mr J Wigram, the then Lord of the Manor.

Lectern

The brass eagle lectern is in memory of John Woolley and is dated 1894.

Stations of the Cross

These were installed in 1987: a fine set, running from the north aisle around the back of the church to the south aisle.

Aisles

South aisle piscina

 North aisle piscina and
Meering monument

The south aisle has at its east end a 14th century cusped ogee headed piscina.

The north aisle also has a simple cusped headed piscina.

Tower

Benefactors' Boards

Benefactor's board from 1875

There are two benefactors' boards located in the first floor chamber of the tower.

The first records the gift of Mrs Elizabeth Bradford, widow of the Reverend Matthew Bardford of this parish and is dated 1782.

The second records the benefaction of Mr William Hart of Kirkby Bellars in Leicestershire and is dated 1875.

Plaque

There is also a bronze plaque recording the restoration of the tower in 1886 and further restoration work in the church in 1890 and 1907-08. It reads:

TOWER RESTORED
1886
NAVE & NORTH AISLE ROOFS RENEWED
AND TOWER TURRET STAIR BUILT
1890.

G. W. FOSBERRY, M.A. Rector

T.C.S. WOOLLEY

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Churchwardens

JOHN WIGRAM

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PULPIT & DOORS RENEWED,
REFLOORED & RESEATED
1907-08.
A.J. MAXWELL, Rector.
JOHN WIGRAM, Churchwardens.
RICHARD STEVENETTE.

Flagpole

On the tower an aluminium flagpole, installed 2001, replaced an earlier one of timber.

Vestry

A brass plaque on the wall of the vestry reads:

ST JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTH COLLINGHAM

THE OAK FONT COVER, PULPIT, SOUTH DOORS
FITTINGS AND STONE FLOOR, PUT INTO THIS CHURCH
1892, 1907 AND 1908 AND THE OAK FITTINGS TO
THE VESTRY 1913, WERE THE GIFT OF JOHN WIGRAM
OF THE MANOR, SOUTH COLLINGHAM, FOR MANY YEARS
CHURCHWARDEN.

THE CHANCEL INTERIOR FITTINGS AND FLOORS WERE
RENEWED 1910, THE COST BEING MET BY
PARISHIONERS AND LANDOWNERS.

A.J. MAXWELL

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RECTOR.

JOHN WIGRAM

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CHURCHWARDENS.

B. BROADBERRY

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