by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | Nov 14, 2022 | Explore
The impressive oak rood-loft, or Rood Screen, depicts the Crucifixion of Jesus, flanked by St Mary and St John, dates from 1920, and was designed by E. H. Fellowes as a war memorial after the horrors of what we now call the First World War. The names of the dead from... 
by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | Nov 14, 2022 | Explore
The Nave Sanctuary was constructed in 2005 in response to the renewal of the Church’s Liturgy which had been developing for over 30 years. At the centre of the Sanctuary is the altar, positioned so as to allow the priest to face the people, rather than to have his... 
by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | Nov 14, 2022 | Explore
The central main section of the Church is called the nave, a word which derives from the Latin navis, or ship. If you look vertically upwards, you can see, in the beams and planking of the roof, the resemblance to the ribs of a ship. The nave is arguably the oldest... 
by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | May 5, 2022 | Explore
The Chantry Chapel of St. Leonard Here we have the only intact survivor of several Chantry Chapels which once adorned the Church; it is dedicated to St. Leonard, the patron saint of prisoners and pregnant women. The chapel was built in the 15th Century at the orders... 
by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | May 5, 2022 | Explore
The Tower & Memorial Chapel of St John the Baptist The Tower of St. Mary’s is probably the best known feature of the Church, and can be seen from almost all over the town, as well as by oarsmen and women lining up at the Start for the Royal Regatta races! It... 
by rwalsh@confluentmarketing.co.uk | May 5, 2022 | Explore
The Chancel and High Altar Though the walls of the enclosed Chancel are ancient, what we see now is almost uniformly Victorian, the work of the architect Benjamin Ferrey in the 1860s. He was however only responsible for the structure, wisely replacing the previous...
