Harby with Swinethorpe
All Saints

Glass

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Key to Windows

1East Window

A window of three lights by Heaton & Butler depicting major events in the life of Christ. In the left-hand light is his birth; in the right-hand light his baptism; and in the middle light his burial and his ascension. The window was the gift of Mrs Freeth.

2South Chancel Window

This is a window depicting Christ as the good shepherd. It is dedicated to John Grubbe.

3,4Plain windows of diamond quarries.

5Gossage & Medley Memorial Window

A window of two main lights, both in the same style but separately dedicated. In the left-hand light is a figure of Christ preaching, surmounted by words from the Sermon on the Mount:

Behold the fowls of the air - Matt 6:26

(The figure of Christ is appropriately accompanied by a number of birds.) At the bottom of the window on this side is the inscription:

To the Glory of God · In loving memory
of Elizabeth Gossage · Erected by her
devoted friend Harriet Hannah Houghton.

The right hand light carries a representation of the sower, with words above (from Matthew 13.3):

Behold, a sower went forth to sow

The dedication at the bottom reads:

This window was erected in 1946 by their children
in loving memory of John Medley of Swinethorpe
and his wife Elizabeth Ann Medley; for many years
worshippers in this church.

There is also a figure of an angel carrying a sheaf of corn in a central round light above.

6West window

The west window has figures of St Hugh of Lincoln, Paulinus, Augustine and mothers bringing children to Jesus. The text in the window is from Mark 10.14 (or, identically, Luke 18.16):

Suffer little children to come unto me
and forbid them not
for of such is the Kingdom of God

A plaque below with Gothic lettering reads

Ad Gloriam Dei and in memory of Arthur Fraser M.A. (Cantab) for 35 years Vicar of this Parish and sometime Rural Dean of East Newark who died on the 19th day of January 1921 aged 67 years. His sisters have caused this window to be erected.

7Wadsworth Memorial Window

A fairly modern style of window, with design based around the words (from Psalm 121.1):

I WILL LIFT UP
MINE EYES UNTO THE
HILLS FROM WHENCE
COMETH MY HELP

The dedication (below the figure in the left-hand main light) reads:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF HAROLD WADSWORTH
died 24 January 1955, erected by his wife
Also of the above Alicia Wadsworth (née Medley)

8Queen Eleanor Millennium Window

Designed and made by Lincoln Cathedral glazier Stephen Lewis. It commemorates the death of Eleanor of Castile, Queen consort of King Edward I on 28th November 1290 at the Manor House in Harby and celebrates 2000 years of Christianity.

The window depicts Queen Eleanor with the arms of León & Castile, England and Ponthieu, twelve crosses symbolizing the original Eleanor Crosses and in the roundel, the cross as the symbol of Christianity, with a carnation and narcissus symbolic of the triumph of true love.

Below the figure of Queen Eleanor in the left-hand light are the words:

QUEEN ELEANOR † Beloved wife of King Edward I of England †
† Died November 28th 1290 in Harby †

Below the coats of arms in the right-hand light are the words:

† A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF HARBY TO COMMEMORATE †
2000 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY AND TO THE GLORY OF GOD

The window was dedicated by The Very Reverend David Leaning, Dean Emeritus of Southwell on Sunday 25th May 2008.

9,10Plain windows of diamond quarries.

11North chancel window

A window showing Christ as the light of the world, after the picture by Holman Hunt in Keble College library. It is dedicated to Eleanor Grubbe.