Stained Glass Windows at
St Mary & St Helena Elstow, Bedfordshire | Printer friendly version |
Window | Date | Lights | Firm | Designer | Subjects | Memorial | Source |
EW (centre) | 1887 | 3 | Mayer & Co | Faith;Charity;Hope | Beds Mercury & Beds Times 7 Jan 1888 | ||
EW (L) | 1887 | 3 | Mayer & Co signed | TJ Jackson | Adoration of the Magi | Octavious Wigram +1878 | Beds Mercury 19 Feb 1887 |
EW ® | 1887 | 3 | Mayer & Co signed | TJ Jackson | Ascension | Isabella Wigram +1863 | Beds Mercury 19 Feb 1887 |
SAE | 1883 | 3 | RW Winfield & Co | Thomas W Camm | Scenes from Pilgrim's Progress | Beds Mercury & Beds Times 2 June 1883 | |
SA1 | 1882 | 2 | Ward & Hughes signed | Consider the lilies of the field | Mary Macan +1881 | Beds Mercury 20 May 1882 | |
NAE | 1885 | 3 | RW Winfield & Co | Thomas W Camm | Allegory of Siege of Mansoul, Diabolus & Emmanuel on either side | Beds Times 26 Sept 1885; The Builder 1886 Vol 50 p 351 | |
NA1 | 1872 | C of 3 | Baillie & Mayer | Daniel interpreting dream of King Nebuchadnezar | Beds Times 6 Feb 1872 | ||
VestryE | 1891 | 2 | Mayer & Co signed | St Mary; St Helena | Beds Standard 30 May 1891 |
Location of windows The coding system is based on that used in Nineteenth Century Norfolk Stained Glass by Birkin Haward.
All windows are numbered consecutively from east to west in any north or south facing wall and
from the centre outwards in any east or west facing wall. Windows of 2 and 3 lancet lights
are shown as 2 and 3 light. |
Dates In the column headed date, the date (without a + sign) is the date the window was made. In that column and in the column headed Memorial a date prefixed by a + sign is the date of death commemorated in the window. Firms / Designers The booklet Stained Glass Marks & Monographs published by NADFAS, 8 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1DA provides details of makers’ signatures and marks and short biographical information on many designers and firms. Main subjects A reasonably comprehensive listing of subjects is provided, except in cases where there are many small scenes or many saints, particularly if the windows are high up. For reasons of space, the title ‘Saint’ has often been omitted, most commonly in 4 evangelist windows. Persons and events commemorated These are mainly recorded only as a cross-reference to documentation. |