Holy Cross church - Byfield, Northamptonshire - Anglican and Episcopal Churches on Waymarking.com

Anglican church of The Holy Cross, Byfield.

"The church of the Holy Cross is an edifice of stone, in the Decorated style, erected about 1350 on the foundations of an earlier church said to have been built in 1242; it consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south chapel, south porch and a western tower with spire and massive angle turrets, containing 5 bells; in 1906 these bells were rehung and another added by the then rector at a cost of £182; the tower also contains a clock with two dials and chimes, erected as a memorial of the Diamond Jubilee in 1897 of Her Majesty Queen Victoria: the western front is ornamented with three canopied niches: the seats throughout are of carved oak: in the chapel a memorial window to William and Mary Farebrother, 1838-57, and in the tower one to Richard Bromley and his wife; another was presented in 1897 by Mrs. Farebrother to members of her family: in the church is a memorial window to the Rev. Francis Henry Curgenven M.A. rector 1872-1901: the chancel retains a piscina and three sedilia, and there are other piscinæ in the nave and chapel: within the tower are fragments of stone coffins found during the restoration in 1870; when the church was thoroughly repaired, at a cost of nearly £3,000: an organ chamber was added in 1877, and in 1885 a stained east window and a reredos of Caen stone and marble were erected: the church will seat 378 persons."

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