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In their book The Buildings of England Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and the Forest of Dean, David Verey and Alan Brooks wrote: "Whall’s windows exhibit a dazzling blend of jewel-like colour and drawing of the finest quality. They mostly consist of single figures of saints beneath silvery naturalistic canopies, with small scenes at the bottom ...
Christopher Whall designed the two windows on the South side of the church and also six clerestory windows. One of the two windows on the South side is "The Adoration of the Magi and the Shepherds." It is a three-light traceried window, designed by Whall and made by him and his assistants in the workshops of Messrs. Lowndes and Drury.
The first minsters in the English-speaking parts of Britain were founded in the century after the mission to the Saxons led by Augustine of Canterbury in 597. The first cases for which documentary evidence has been preserved are Oswy's programme of 654/5, in which he endowed 12 small minsters, and a gift from Alhfrith to Wilfrid in around 660 to accompany the foundation of the minster at Ripon.
Thornton's depiction of St John the Baptist, from the Great East Window of York Minster, showing his characteristic treatment of faces. John Thornton of Coventry (fl. 1405–1433) was a master glazier and stained glass artist active in England during the 15th century.
This effort would cost £250,000 [73] (equivalent to £6.8 million in 2023). [74] In June 1950, in reference to fundraising for the Five Sisters window, the Dean of the Minster was quoted as saying, "We have been anxious that it should be the work of the women of Yorkshire and England, as it was after the First War."
[2] St Barnabas in Great Tey, Essex – In 1900 a window which was made by James Powell & Sons to Arnold's design. It is a five-light window east window which depicted angels. [3] St John the Baptist in Wimbledon, Outer London – In 1914 another Arnold-designed window was executed by James Powell & Sons. It is a two-light window in the south ...
A man who organised the sale of Class A drugs on the streets of Skegness has been jailed. Joel Tasker, 31, created a drug-dealing operation known as the Scouse line which ran from 1 April 2022 to ...
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