St Giles Church Windows - Stoke Poges, Bucks
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Norfolk12
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some lovely old stained glass windows in this famous church,in Buckinghamshire,where Thomas Gray sat and wrote his ' elegy in a country churchyard'
Waymark Code: WM65T6
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/08/2009
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There are some interesting windows, in this old church in south Buckinghamshire.
One known as the 'Bicycle Window' is made up of fragments of glass, one Piece dated 1643, as a memorial to those who fell in the Second World War.
This is dedicated to the nine men who fell during the war.
original maker Lee L and Wallis C R .
This is a three light window in the nave made of reconstituted old glass.
Comments: The "bicycle" window now restored. Mark says "Designed by L.S.L, executed by CRW", all in a circle with date in middle.
It is not possible to deduce the original complete design.
Another pair of windows commemorates the death of a small child belonging to the Howard- Vyse family. They show the child leaving its earthly mother and being accepted by its heavenly mother.this is on painted glass by MAYER & co dated 1871.
Subject: St Michael; St George is dedicated to the 7 Officers died in S Africa 1901-3. donated by the old school fellowes.
details taken from
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visit link)
and the booklet inside the church.