stocking pelham church, herts.

hertfordshire churches 1

Folder: english churches by county
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 148
signature on memorial by flaxman of 1782 to agatha halsey
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 149
jane halsey, 1725 by guelfi, next to charles halsey by william tyler, 1748
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 105
c12 fragments fitted to the wall of the halsey chapel, bits of a ?capital and an arch
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 139
east window of the halsey chapel of 1730, the fitting late c20 glass by gorden beningfield reminding me of soanian mausolea.
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 128
in 1877 the chancel was opened up to the c18 halsey mortuary chapel with these two arches. the chapel is full of the family's memorials, the english aristocracy preferring to be buried near their country estates, making many a small parish church a storehouse of statuary.
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 117
rather sentimental modern st.francis glass fills a c16 opening that may have held a tomb with a small chapel beyond at one time.
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 111
memorial of c.1700 in north aisle
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 129
memorial to the vicarage's cook, stephen munn, bred up to the job, who died in 1656 leaving money for a charity which still pays out each christmas.
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 115
c15 nave roof through c19 tower arch
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 107
c18 and c19 charitable donation boards in the tower, below a hatchment of 1990 to guy marsden halsey. this must be the most modern one of which I am aware, though the weak execution leaves something to be desired: just compare it to the exuberance of the signature on the boards.
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 126
rather good c19 angels on the old nave roof
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 101
c13 south arcade, the north being slightly later
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 104
c19 font
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 124
faith, hope and charity glass of 1863 by wailes in south aisle
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 113
faith, detail of glass of 1863 by wailes in south aisle
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 96
angel detail on glass of 1863 by wailes
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 116
faith, hope and charity glass of 1863 by wailes
great gaddesden church, herts.

great gaddesden church, herts.

27 May 2013 113
c13 stiffleaf capitals in the south aisle, probably c19 replacements I think.
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