Edwalton Holy Rood

Features and Fittings

Chancel

Chancel screen

Chancel screen Rood cross

1894 oak rood screen (with crucifix and figures above) erected by Arthur Brewill in memory of Sophia Brewill.

A brass plaque on the screen reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
SOPHIA BREWILL WHO DIED NOV. 18TH 1886, AND IS
BURIED IN LENTON CHURCHYARD, NOTTINGHAM
IS THIS SCREEN ERECTED BY HER SON
ARTHUR W. BREWILL OF EDWALTON LODGE […]

Sedilia

Sedilia Inscriptions

Triple sedilia with panels containing inscriptions to the memory of three former vicars of Holy Rood church: the Rev William Cruft, the Rev Matthew Lamert and the Rev Joseph Ridgway.

The inscriptions read:

IN MEMORIAM
GULIELMI JOANNIS CRUFT
SERVI DEI FIDELIS
PAROCHIAE DE EDWALTON
PER XVII ANNOS
MDCCCLXXIV  :  MDCCCXCI
VICARII
HOC SAXUM DEDICATUM EST
EP AD GAL V XXII

MATTHAEI LAMERT A.M.
PAROCHIAE DE EDWALTON
PER IV ANNOS
MDCCCXCI  =  MDCCCXCIV
VICARII
MEMORIAM CONSERVET
HOC SEDILE
NECNON ALICTA PAROCHI MERCES
SACRARIUM EIUS OPERA AEDIFICATUM
OBIIT APUD TORQUAY
PRID. CAL. SEXT. MCMXVIII.
NATUS ANNOS LXX

IN MEMORIAM
JOSEPH RIDGWAY
VICARII DE EDWALTON
PER XXI ANNOS
MCMXXV – MCMXLVI
Hanc inscriptionem
Incidendem cuaverunt amici
Bonum certamen certavi,
cursum consummavi
fidem servavi.
The PiscinaPiscina on the south wall of the chancel

Nave

Font

Font Font with cover

Rectangular font with a bowl of magnesian limestone, approx. 2ft. 7ins. x 2ft. ascribed variously to the 13th century and 16th century.

The font stands on four 19th century marble shafts and square base.

Hipped wooden cover with re-used fleur-de-lys finial.

Pulpit

Pulpit

Traceried octagonal skeleton pulpit on ashlar base.

Lectern

Lectern

Brass eagle lectern given in memory of the parishioners who served in the First World War. The inscription on the base reads:

Church of the Holy Rood, Edwalton, the Parish Thank-offering
for mercies received during the Great War A.D. 1914-1918.
Commandment Board - Commandments I to IV Commandment Board - Commandments V to X
The Commandment Boards

Commandment Boards

Two 18th century painted canvas commandment boards flanking the tower arch.

South Aisle

Tables

Large modern oak altar table and a small modern altar table of German oak in the south aisle

TriptychThe Piscina

Painted triptych at the east end of the south aisle. The inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN GRATITUDE FOR THE HEALING HANDS OF DAPHNE STEVENSON (1924-2002) AND DR WILLIAM PERRY (1919-2002)

Tower

Tower screen Snell plaque

Tower Screen

Original oak tower screen given by Annie E. Snell in 1949 in memory and thanksgiving for the safe return of members of the family.

The top portion and glazing added in 1994 in memory of parishioners and members of the church.

A brass plaque next to the tower arch reads:

THIS SCREEN is erected by ANNIE E. SNELL,
a grateful daughter, wife and mother,
in LOVING MEMORY of her parents
SIR THOMAS SHIPSTONE, KT, Church Warden
for several years, and ELIZA, his wife. Also
her husband DR J. ERIC B. SNELL, M.A., M.B., B.CH.
and in
PROUD THANKSGIVING to ALMIGHTY GOD
for the safe return of her sons and daughters
TOMMY, PETER, BARBARA, NOANIE and PAT
who all served in the 1939-45 War
They all loved this Church and worshipped in it
for many years
1st October 1949

 

Old wooden ladder to bell-chamber