Ethel Nixon Thornton-Duesbery - Glen Mona, Isle of Man
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This memorial is a circular stained-glass window in Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona.
Waymark Code: WMWY15
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 10/28/2017
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This memorial is a circular stained-glass window in Christ Church, The Dhoon, Glen Mona.
This modern stained-glass window in this attractive nineteenth century Church was installed in memory of Lord Bishop Charles Thornton-Duesbery’s wife, Ethel.
There is a white marble plaque in the church which gives information about the circular window and bears the following inscription:
“THE CIRCULAR WEST WINDOW IS IN MEMORY OF
ETHEL NIXON THORNTON-DUESBERY
(WHOSE HUSBAND WAS LORD BISHOP OF THIS DIOCESE 1925-28)
WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH DURING THE YEARS
1940 – 1946
GIVEN BY HER DAUGHTER JEAN.”
The Window features a red cross inside a blue border.
This Church is one of three churches in the Parish of Maughold the others being The Church of St. Pauls in Ramsey and Kirk Maughold.
It was built as a chapel-of-ease to Maughold but is now in shared Anglican and Methodist use.
The foundation stone of Christ Church was laid in June 1854 and the Church was consecrated in December 1855. The Church was built by Callow and Looney to a design by Ewan Christian of London, it cost £730. Architecturally is a reworking Christians style if Romanesque and so the windows and door openings are round headed not pointed.
The interior is still largely unchanged from the original. The funds were largely provided by Mrs Saltmarche and her daughters (Mr Saltmarshe had been the largest contributor to St. Thomas's Church Douglas.
The original 'Dhoon Church' was built around 1836 at the Dhoon Bridge which is about a mile to the south - and the name was transferred to the new church at Glen Mona (which has caused confusion ever since).
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source: Churches of Man by Jonathan Kewley (ISBN 978-1-899602-82-7)