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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

St. Peter, Wilcote, Oxon #SteepleSaturday Founded in late 12C as a tiny aisleless nave and chancel, it evolved organically with 13C rebuilding and early 14C additions. Despite Victorian overhauls by Henry Woodyer (1853) and Sir Arthur Blomfield (1868), it still feels much older.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Holy Trinity, Bottisham #StainedGlassSunday #MemorialMonday East window (1875 by Clayton & Bell) commemorates Colonel Soame Gambier‑Jenyns, who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava and survived.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Holy Trinity, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire #SteepleSaturday Largely early‑14C Decorated Gothic parish church that sits on a site of 12/13C origins. Tradition credits the 14C rebuild to Elias de Beckingham, Justice of the Common Pleas under Edward I, his lost brass once marked his tomb in the nave.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Two clear windows engraved by Laurence Whistler in 1978 commemorate the poet Edward Thomas, who lived in Steep and was killed at Arras in 1917. One was smashed in a 2010 burglary. A new engraved window now replaces it, while the reassembled fragments of the original are displayed inside.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#StainedGlassSunday A 14C window holds 20C glass by Sidney Meteyard (1923), depicting St Martin and St George with miniature engraved‑like scenes beneath—a fusion of medieval stonework and Arts & Crafts sensibility. Given by Mrs Inglis in 1923 in memory of her father and grandfather.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#StainedGlassSunday The east window over the high altar (installed in 1876 and also by Clayton & Bell) blazes with vibrant reds and blues. Given by the Hawker family, it honours Rev W. H. Hawker, the first vicar when Steep became a parish in its own right

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

All Saints, Steep #StainedGlassSunday The 19C west window by Clayton & Bell, given by the Shuttleworth family, commemorates Captain Algernon Preston, who died aged just 30 in 1874. The rose motifs within the glass nod to “Rose”, a recurring family name in the Shuttleworth line.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

All Saints, Steep, Hampshire #SteepleSaturday The church has nearly 900 years of history. Originally, a 12th‑century chapel of ease for East Meon in 1868 it became its own independent parish. It's furnished with a number of Edward Barnsley's works.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #Woodensday Early 17C chancel screen, possibly linked to Archbishop Laud, features arcading and strapwork typical of Jacobean craftsmanship. Pulpit, also 17C, is richly carved with arcaded panels and a decorative frieze, later becoming a memorial gift linked to Illingworth.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #TombTuesday Dr. David Kelly the scientist and authority on biological warfare is also buried in the churchyard.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The brass of John Henele (d.1422) Elynor Godolphin, a gentlewomen from Hinton Waldrist (d.1566) The Yate family brass (d.1498): Richard & Joan depicted in burial shrouds, not courtly dress—an uncommon and stark memento mori. Beneath them are 13 of their 14 children, only four survived to adulthood

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #MemorialsMonday Modern brasses John Richardson Illingworth who was part of the Lux Mundi group and rector here from 1883-1915. His wife Agnes Louisa Gutteres also commemorated. Major Anthony John Fitzwilliams Hyde died of wounds on 21st June 1944 in Normandy.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #MonumentsMonday #StoneworkSunday Remnant of the destroyed Marten family monument. This potentially happened with the Restoration of the Monarchy as an act of revenge since "ungodly Harry" Marten was among the signatories for King Charles' death warrant.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#StainedGlassSunday #MemorialMonday Memorial to Lady Laura Adrie Hyde who died on the 20th of June 1927 aged 68.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #StainedGlassSunday #MemorialMonday A two light stained Glass Window depicting St Martin and St Michael. "This window is dedicated to his memory by his loving wife Margery and their three children Ulrica, Anthony, and Petronella." Pevsner - Morris&Co, 1922

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A smaller Sumner window (1914) includes symbolic imagery such as the Agnus Dei and Pelican in Her Piety - classical eucharistic motifs rendered in simplified form. I unfortunately cannot find any information about Edgard Oliver Powell.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

St. Mary, Longworth #StainedGlassSunday Arts & Crafts East window (1899), designed by Heywood Sumner and made by James Powell & Sons. Funded by Lux Mundi contributors (1889). The iconography is distinctive: Christ appears on a Tree of Life rather than a cross, emphasising salvation over suffering.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

St Mary, Longworth #SteepleSaturday A living palimpsest of English church architecture: a 13C core expanded steadily through the 14C (S aisle), 15C (tower and clerestory), and 17C (N aisle & vestry). Heavily connected to Oxford through Archbishop Laud, John Fell, and the Lux Mundi theologians.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

St. Nicholas, Remenham #MonumentsMonday Memorial brasses. Two historic: one late Elizabethan and one late Jacobean.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

St. Nicholas, Renenham #MonumentsMonday Memorial to Griffith Gunnis, former rector, which records his virtues and the death of his two daughters. Affected so greatly that within a month “of the demise of the elder, he removed from earth that he might be united to his daughters forever in heaven”

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#StainedGlassSunday The interior includes stained glass by C. E. Kempe amongst others.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#StainedGlassSunday commemorating George Hawkes, a 28-year-old local sportsman killed in October 1932. Struck by a car while walking home near Remenham Hill, his death led to a manslaughter charge against the driver, Lord Howard of Effingham, though the case was dismissed. Designed: William Glasby

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

St Nicholas, Remenham #StainedGlassSunday Three Mary's at the Tomb by Harry Grylls, 1946

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

St Nicholas, Remenham, Oxon #SteepleSaturday C14 origins rebuilt in 1838 but owes much of its present appearance to a careful Victorian rebuilding of 1870–72 by Ronald Plumbe.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

St. James, Shere #Woodensday Adorning the interior, the oak Crusader Alms Chest (c1200) was used to collect money for Holy Land wars. Fitted with the traditional three locks, it later sheltered parish pecuniary treasures, linking Shere to a wider medieval world of pilgrimage and crusading.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

St. James, Shere. #StainedGlassSunday Percy Bacon designed window, installed in 1921, is here as a memorial to WWI.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The fabric of St James’ is a map of time and distance: Bargate and flint from Surrey soil, chalk from the Downs, Tudor brick, Caen stone from Normandy, even re-used Roman brick.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Dating to around 1190, St James’ preserves the nave, tower and chancel from the early English period. The tower base is Norman; the spire (built 1213–1300) later crowned the skyline. The south aisle and chapel followed in the 13th, with the chancel reworked in the 14th.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

St James, Shere, Surrey #SteepleSaturday 1190 origins, replacing a Saxon predecessor listed in the Domesday Book. A cruciform church of Transitional Early English style, built from mixed local stones, it still shows a fine blend of Norman to 14th-century elements with a Victorian restoration touch.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

St Peter, Alvescot #SteepleSaturday 13C origins and cruciform plan. Its story is one of growth and change: a 14C porch, a 15C tower added after a local benefactor, John Bonde, reportedly left 100 sheep for the purpose, and major Victorian restoration by William Slater and R.H. Carpenter.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #FontsonFriday Rather a neat looking font. 12 or 13C fluted bowl design standing on a cluster of four pillars. Wooden cover is probably 17C.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #Woodensday Jacobean pulpit on a later base made by local craftsmen in 1956. Seventeenth-century parish chest.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #TympanumTuesday #StoneworkSunday The 12C Norman doorway has a carved relief of Sagittarius shooting a monster.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #MonumentsMonday An unusual wooden memorial to Richard Colchester, who died in 1643 during the turmoil of the Civil War. Presented as a painted triptych with coat of arms, it commemorates his efforts to aid his brother, a Parliamentary officer trapped in besieged Gloucester.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #StainedGlassSunday The east window, however, is the focal point. Rebuilt in the 19th or early 20C in a 13C style, it features three lights with tracery, maintaining the Gothic character of the church. Though not medieval in fabric, it respects the earlier architectural style.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

St. George, Kencot #StainedGlassSunday The windows reflect centuries of change. In the nave, restored lancets echo 13C forms, while the clerestory windows above—added in the late medieval period—bring additional light into the space.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

St George’s Church, Kencot #SteepleSaturday Has 12C roots which are still visible today. The chancel and windows were extended in the 13C, while the clerestory, porch, and the raising of the west tower belong to the late 15C and 16C. 19C restoration, followed by further repairs in 1962.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

St. Mary, Black Bourton #FontsonFriday Near the entrance stands a simple tub font dating from the 12th century. Carved from stone and set on a square base with worn carvings around the base.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

St. Mary, Black Bourton #TympanumTuesday #AdoorableThursday One of the church’s most intriguing features is the priest’s door in the south wall of the chancel. Dating to the early 12C, it features a carved tympanum with a Maltese cross, surrounded by bold Norman ornament.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

St. Mary, Black Bourton #TombTuesday The tomb of Eleanor Hungerford (d. 1592) features a recumbent effigy within a classical structure, while the later baroque memorial to Anthony Hungerford (d. 1703) reflects changing tastes, with elaborate carved military motifs.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Interestingly, the church prior to this one had Henry Tilson ministering the church during the commonwealth. The photo beneath is an extract from the local U3A report on religion in the surrounding area. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_T...

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

St. Mary, Black Bourton #StainedGlassSunday The east end of the church is defined by a pair of small 13C lancet windows, linked by a single dripmould, with a later rectangular light above. Also 13C lancet, and 16C clerestory I'm nave added to increase light

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

St Mary, Black Bourton #SteepleSaturday A remarkable medieval church with roots in the 12C, combining Norman origins with later medieval additions (13C chapel, 14C porch, 15C tower). Though modest in appearance, it contains an exceptional survival of 13C wall paintings.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

St. Mary, Studley Royal #Woodensday Spiral staircase to belfry.

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

St. Mary, Studley Royal #MosaicMonday The mosaics, along with the chancel and sanctuary decoration, are inspired by the Book of Revelation, culminating in a vision of the heavenly Jerusalem

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Clerestory to crypt @cryptandclerestory.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

St. Mary, Studley Royal #StainedGlassSunday The stained glass at St Mary’s was designed by F. Weeks and made by Saunders & Co. It forms part of the church’s unified decorative scheme, contributing colour and narrative to an interior already rich with painted and sculpted imagery.

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