 Thoroton
St Helena
Glass
All the coloured glass in the church is nineteenth-century.
1East window
The east window is three trefoil-headed lights and three quatrefoil traceries.
The subjects are laid out:
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Christ in
Majesty |
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An angel
swinging incense |
An angel
swinging incense |
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The Baptism
of
Christ
The wise men
bearing
their gifts |
The Crucifixion
of
Christ
The Presentation
of Jesus
in the Temple |
An angel
ministering
to Jesus
Christ among
the doctors as
a young man |
The dedication runs across the bottom of the main lights and reads as follows:
Mary Treece to the Glory of God in memory of
James Treece her husband born 1796 died 1856
also of James their son born 1832 died 1866
The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake, London, 1869.
2Chancel south
wall, eastern window
Two lights:
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Left hand: |
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Christ on the sea calming the waves |
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Right hand: |
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The Raising of Lazarus |
The dedication runs across the bottom of the lights and reads as follows:
To the Glory of God in pious memory of William
and Rebecca Williamson by Harriet Marsh their daughter.
The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake, London, 1869.
3Chancel south wall, western
window
Single light of Christ rising in Majesty.
The dedication across the bottom reads:
To the Glory of God in memory of Joseph Moggs
Born 1769 Died 1836 and Sarah Marshall his wife
Born 1773 Died 1850 by Sarah Hall their daughter.
The maker’s name is Lavers Barrand & Westlake.
4South aisle, eastern window
Three lights:
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Left |
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St Anne |
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Centre |
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St Simon |
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Right |
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St Agatha |
Two traceries, left St Paulinus, right Hugh of Lincoln.
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Left |
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St Paulinus |
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Right |
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St Hugh of Lincoln |
Inscription at the base reads:
In memory of George Storer their step-father
and Harriette his wife, this window was
erected by her children Clara, Ethel and Eric 1909.
No maker’s name.
5South aisle, western window
Three lights clear
6Tower south
wall: Single light clear.
7North aisle west window
Single light of St Helena
The dedication across the base reads:
To the Glory of God Elizabeth Walter Mellish
Born August 23 1802 at rest July 13 1868
A son to his mother
No maker’s name.
8,9,
10North aisle windows
Three windows, all of the same pattern: three lights of plain glass.
11,12Vestry windows
Two windows, both single lancet of plain glass.
 Clerestory
There are three small quatrefoil clerestory windows on each side of the nave.
Each is filled with plain glass. (The photograph shows two of the windows on
the north side.)
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