Stained Glass Windows - Church of the Holy Cross - Epperstone, Nottinghamshire
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Stained glass windows in the Church of the Holy Cross, Epperstone.
Waymark Code: WM11415
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/12/2019
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"1 - The east window is by E R Suffling. it is a three panel painted glass window, depicting the crucifixion, Christ being flanked as usual by the Virgin Mary and St John. An inscription in a scroll towards the bottom of the middle light reads:
IN HONOREM DEI PATRIS LVMINVM ET IN
PIAM MEMORIAM WILLELMI HVLME
LANCASTRIENSIS CVIVS MVNIFICENTIA
ADIVTVS IN COLLEGIO AENEI NASI OXON
BONIS LITTERIS INCVMBEBAT HOC
OPVS VITREATVM ORNANDVM CVRAVIT
THOMAS F COLLINS AM HVIVS
ECCLESIAE RECTOR AS MDCCCCVIII |
This makes it clear that the window is in memory of William Hulme of Lancashire and of Brasenose College, Oxford. The window was put in place in 1908 by Thomas F Collins, Rector of the Church. (Thomas Collins is himself commemorated in Window 2.)
2 - Two windows in the south wall of the chancel were pierced in 1883. They are both single-light windows. The eastern one of the two shows the angel speaking to the women at the tomb of Christ (as does Window 4) with the words:
HE IS NOT HERE HE IS RISEN |
At the bottom of the window is an inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOMAS FARMER COLLINS RECTOR OF EPPERSTONE
1891 - 1910 DIED DEC 17TH 1914 |
3 - The other window in the south chancel wall contains in its upper part a depiction of the conception of Christ. The Virgin Mary with a symbol of the descent of the Holy Spirit is surrounded by the words:
Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word |
A roundel in the lower part of the window shows a scene from the story of Peter’s raising of Dorcas, with a quotation from Acts 10.39:
AND ALL THE WIDOWS STOOD BY WEEPING SHEWING THE COATS
& GARMENTS WHICH DORCAS MADE WHILE SHE WAS WITH THEM |
At the bottom of the window is the inscription:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF FRANCES ANNE WIFE OF THE
REVD M H S CHAMPNEYS SHE DIED JANUARY 12TH 1882 · HER CHILDREN
RISE UP & CALL HER BLESSED HER HUSBAND ALSO & HE PRAISETH HER |
(The second part of this inscription is a quotation from Proverbs 31.28)
4 - South aisle, East window dedicated to William Clarke and his wife. It depicts an angel speaking to the women at the tomb - the same story as shown in Window 2 but in an older style - with the words:
HE IS NOT HERE BUT IS RISEN
|
The inscription along the bottom reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLARKE BORN MARCH 12TH 1784
DIED FEB 18TH 1862 & ANNE REBECCA HIS WIFE BORN MAY 2ND 1801 DIED OCT 4TH 1859
|
5 - This window shows Jesus coming to his disciples walking on the water. The inscription reads:
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Capt Wm Dufty
R N died Dec 27 1847 and his only son Thomas Dufty died
Aug 13 1888 This window was erected by Susan H Dufty 1906 |
6 - The middle window in the south wall is filled with plain glass in diamond quarries.
7 - A two-light window depicting Saint George and Saint Ludmilla. There is a small angel in the tracery panel. An inscription below the figue of St George reads:
To the Glory of God and
in loving memory of
William Lambe Huskinson
who died July 3 1904. This
window is erected by his
widow and 10 sons |
8 - The oldest glass in the church is in the West window. This was given by Henry Houldsworth in 1854.
9 - Window of plain glass.
10 - There is a small modern stained-glass window in the new extension.
11 - A two-panel stained glass window depicting the nativity. It is dedicated:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE WIFE OF THOMAS BURROWS
AND OF THEIR CHILDREN ~ ALSO OF W H WAGSTAFF (SON-IN-LAW) ERECTED 1908 |
12 - Window of plain glass."
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