Stained Glass Windows at
St. James Devizes, Wiltshire | Printer friendly version |
Window | Date | Lights | Firm | Designer | Subjects | Memorial | Source |
EW | 1849 | 5 | Wailes signed | Peter; James Major; Christ; John; Paul | Devizes Gazette 4 Oct 1849 | ||
SAE | +1879 | 5 | A.L. Moore signed | Ascension | 99th Regt killed in Zululand | Wiltshire Telegraph 28 May 1881 | |
SA1 | 1922 | 4 | James Powell & Sons | Chivalry; Fortitude; Self-sacrifice; Justice | Wiltshire Regiment First World War | Powell Order Book 23/315 | |
WW | 1856 | 3 | James Powell & Sons | Alfred Bell | Quarries with angels in upper part & tracery | Powell Cash Book 50/211 | |
NAE | 1853 | 5 | Wailes | Nativity; Baptism; Crucifixion; Risen Christ; Ascension | Rev John & Mary Nicolas & family | Stylistic attribution | |
NA1 | 1902 | 4 | Kempe signed | Dorcas; Hannah & Samuel; Elizabeth & John the Baptist; Eunice & Timothy | Louisa & Edward Colston +1900 | Devizes Gazette 3 April 1902 for date |
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. |