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We are not exactly sure when the top photograph was taken,
but we do have a clue from the list of hymns on the wall to the left
of the pulpit (this part has been cropped from the big picture to
get a better match with the modern one, but is reproduced on the right).
The postcard is from the ‘Varney’ series published between 1905 and
1910 and we know that May 27th was a Sunday in 1900 and 1906. It is,
I think, a fair assumption that the picture was taken in May 1906.
The modern picture was taken in the summer of 1998 and
shows little change. The lighting has been modernised over the pews
but beyond that things are much as they were nearly 100 years ago. However,
things have changed as a new window was installed, to the extreme left
of the picture, to commemorate the Millennium. For a picture, take a
look below.
The East window dates back to 1394
and contains some very old stained glass, including 10 lights of coats
of arms. Edward the Confessor; Edward I; Edward, Prince of Wales, Humphrey
de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; Edward 11; John de Warenne, 6th Earl of
Surrey; Edward III; Isabella, mother of Edward III; Henry de Chatelon
and Edward the Black Prince |