Stained Glass Windows - Holy Trinity - Blythburgh, Suffolk
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Stained glass windows, incorporating many medieval fragments, in Holy Trinity church, Blythburgh.
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/28/2019
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Stained glass windows, incorporating many 15th century medieval fragments, in Holy Trinity church, Blythburgh.
The Medieval Stained Glass Photographic Archive (
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and this article, THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY GLASS IN BLYTHBURGH CHURCH - BY THE REV.CHRISTOPHER WOODFORDE,M.A. (
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"The mid seventeenth century was a time of sad destruction for many glorious East Anglian churches: Parliament demanded they be rid of superstitious ornaments, and a local Puritan, William Dowsing, was commissioned to do this. On 8 April 1644, he came to Blythburgh and ordered the removal of '20 superstitious pictures, one on the outside of the Church; 2 crosses, one on the Porch and another on the steeple; and 20 cherubim to be taken down in the Church and Chancel ... and gave order to take down above 200 more pictures, within 8 days'. How different this church would be today if it still had these treasures ' particularly the pictures in the stained glass windows."
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