Stained Glass Windows at
St Mary the Virgin Saffron Walden, Essex | Printer friendly version |
Window | Date | Lights | Firm | Designer | Subjects | Memorial | Source |
EW | 1866 | 5 | Ward & Hughes | Top:Ascension, Below:Nativity;Baptism;Crucifixion;Last Supper;3 Maries at Tomb | Eliza Taylor | Building News 13.4.1866 | |
SC | 1872 | 3 | Ward & Hughes | Faith;Charity;Hope | Mary Kay, Isabella Taylor +1871 | Church Guide | |
SA1 | 1858 | 4 | Lavers & Barraud | Good Shepherd;Prodigal Son;Good Samaritan;Sower | Church Guide | ||
SA2 | 1916 | 4 (top) | James Powell & Sons | Annunciation (1-2);Visitation (3-4) | Mary Atkinson +1916 | Powell Order Book 21/346 | |
SA2 | 1916 | 4 (below) | James Powell & Sons | Righteousness;Hospitality;Charity;Faith | Mary Atkinson +1916 | Powell Order Book 21/346 | |
SA3 | 1869 | 4 | Ward & Hughes | Christ & Samarian woman;Noli me Tangere | John Harding | Suffolk & Essex Free Press 28.6.1869 | |
SA4 | 1859 | 4 | Lavers & Barraud | 4 Evangelists | John, Phillis & Sophia Rickard | The Builder 20.8.1859 | |
WW | 1888 | 3 | James Powell & Sons | BVM;Simeon & baby Jesus;Anna | Rev Ralph & Isabella Clutton | Powell Order Book 8/180 | |
NC | 1872 | 3 | Ward & Hughes | Christ with Mary & Martha | Mary Kay, Isabella Taylor +1871 | Handbook to the parish church 1882 | |
NChE | 1904 | 7 | Burlison & Grylls | Saints (1-2, 6-7), Nativity (3-5) | 5th Baron Braybrooke +1902 | Chelmsford Chronicle 29.7.1904 | |
NA1 | 1888 | 4 | James Powell & Sons | Chenanah;Heman;Jeduthun;Asaph | John Frye | Powell Order Book 8/234 | |
NA2 | 1909 | 4 | James Powell & Sons | Healing, below:Temperance;Prudence;Justice;Fortitude | Harold Atkinson +1908 | Powell Order Book 18/393 | |
NA3 | 1912 | 4 | James Powell & Sons | Alban;Helena;Etheldreda;Edmund | Mary Maria Tuke +1911 | Powell Order Book 20/126 | |
NAW | 2000 | c of 5 | Tony Sandles | small roundel:Madonna & child | Church Guide | ||
S Cler1-2 | 1856 | 3 each | James Powell & Sons | Ornamental | Essex Standard 27.6.1856;Powell Cash Book 50/167 |
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. |