STAINED GLASS WINDOWS
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The East Window
In the East window the figure of Christ as Love is a design which first made its appearance in 1895 in Albion Congregational Church, Ashton-Under-Lyne. This Burne-Jones figure makes over 20 appearances in churches up and down the country. The figure of Mary makes at least 25 appearances mainly at representations of the crucifixion; while the figure of St. John makes over 30 appearances, mostly, always in representations of the crucifixion. St. Mary first appeared in 1880 in All Hallows, Liverpool; and St. John first appeared in 1878 in St. Michael, Torquay |
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The North Window
The figure of St.Thomas was designed for a window of 1874 in Calcutta Cathedral and appears in 6 places in the UK. In the window at Calcutta, St. Thomas is shown facing the viewers left, but in Hyde it has been reversed mirror-wise so as to face right and in two other places (Brighton College Chapel and St. Mary Dundee) the figure faces right and has been given a beard. The figure of St. Hilda in the Hyde window was a versatile one. It was used originally in 1876 in Paisley Abbey, to represent Salome; but it was also used to represent Eunice, St. Anne, Devotion, Phoebe and St. Hilda in Hyde and Shrewsbury; but only in Hyde was it modified by the addition of a pastoral staff. The staff does not appear anywhere else. |
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The South Window
In the War Memorial Window both figures were designed by Henry Dearle for St. Lawrence Church, Bradfield, Essex, to which William Morris and Co supplied a window in 1919. The figure of St. George was used in 6 places between 1919 and 1922, and always in War Memorials. The figure of Salvator Mundi was used in at least 15 places and not always in War Memorial windows. Its final appearance was in a window of 1930 in a Methodist Church at Sutton-on-Sea. |
