Treswell
St John the Baptist

Features and Fittings

Chancel

Wooden dado around three sides of the altar.

Altar, wooden, three trefoils on the front surrounded by foliate ornament.

A plaque reads:

To God: Glory
and
Lasting Memory
of
Mary Worthington
who Died
1st Dec 1927

The chancel
looking east

The altar and reredos

Panelling on the south
wall of the chancel

Stall on the south
side of the choir

Reredos, wooden, rising from surrounding wooden dado, trefoil insets with central crocketed trefoil.

Stone altar rails.

Furnishings – 19th century timber, both chancel and nave.

Chancel has two small choir stalls.

Nave

Font

Octagonal font decorated with quatrefoil panels.

Pulpit

Stone, located in the south-east angle of the nave and bearing a monogram surrounded by foliate ornament on the front.

Lectern

Stone, splayed base, octagonal pier, supporting a modern wooden ledge; there is the carving of a crowned Angel, hands interlocked, supporting the ledge.

The font

The pulpit

The lectern

Angel supporting
the ledge of
the lectern

Wooden seat with inscription:

Presented to the Rev T Daniel Rector of Treswell on the 38th anniversary of his incumbency

Reading desk

Accompanying wooden reading desk:

Presented to the Rev S.W. Stott LLD by the Choir 1885

Accompanying table, with a brass plaque:

In loving memory of Margaret Blenkinsop, a devoted member of this church, from all her Family

Moveable trolley for hymn books etc with brass plaque reading:

In loving memory of
Mary Beardshaw
Who served St John the Baptist Treswell
As Warden, Sunday School Teacher
And Organist for over 30 years
She is dearly missed

NB. Her gravemarker is near the south porch: Mary Beardshaw 1 Dec 1916 – 4 Mar 2009.

Brass plaque on the west wall:

THE TOWER WAS RESTORED
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1899
W.H. GRIFFITHS RECTOR
J NICKLIN
W DOUGLAS CHURCHWARDENS