Inside St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere, are several war memorial windows and plaques.

To the men of the parish who fell in the Great War:-

Great War memorial window:-

Now on the wall of the  Church of St Martin is a plaque commemorating the war dead of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Windermere, which closed in 1995. My photograph came out blurry so I link to this, which believe it or not is a clearer photo.

Plaque to four brothers, Thomas, John, William and Joseph Atkinson who were killed in the Great War. Erected by fellow-worshippers and neighbours:-

The central window here has a dedication to Lieutenant John Reginald Lingard, Suvla Bay, 21/8/1915:-

Central window dedicated to Lance Corporal James Everett Bownass, killed near Ypres, 1915:-

The church has a memorial chapel with a memorial to those who served in the Great War:-

Second World War memorial plaque:-

Interior of the church.

Centre aisle:-

Ceiling:-

Altar and stained glass window:-

Side aisle:-

Organ:-

Centre aisle and stained glass window:-

Arbirlot‘s Great  War Memorial is in the form of a stained glass window with a cartouche set into the wall of the church (St Ninian’s.)

Also in the graveyard I found  a Commonwealth War Grave and three gravestone mentions of war deaths.

Catherine E Martin, Auxiliary Territorial Service, 20/5/1944, aged 21:-

Munro Park, killed in action in Crete, 2/6/1941, aged 22;-

Joseph Frain Webster, killed in action, Ypres, 30/10/1914:-

Andrew Turpie Butchart, killed in action, France, 29/7/1918, aged 34:-

The museum part of Iwema Steenhuis has some industrial relics. A roller press:-

Machine for moulding speculaas biscuits:-

Speculaas and jelly moulds + wicker basket and rolling pins:-

A speculaas pressing machine:-

Stained glass and enamels:-

Colourings:-

Tiles and enamel signs:-

Chancel and altar:-

There is a stained glass window in a striking blue:-

More usual kind of stained glass:-

More stained glass. In memory of Eliza Jane Macab:-

And one to the Black Watch:-

An embroidery, “The Stone Ship Rising”:-

A chair in  memory of a former Minister of the Kirk:-

The Church can be seen in this post on Alcester I made in 2012. We visited the town again on our way back up from Bath. This time we went inside the church.

Chancel and Altar:-

Emrys-Jones Memorial stained glass window:-

Information about the window:-

War Memorial plaque to the men of Alcester and Oversley, erected 1951:-

Individual memorial to Arthur Boobbyer Jephcott who fell at Pozières, 4/8/1916, aged 20:-

Wells Cathedral has some conventional stained glass:-

The Lady Chapel is an exception – as I mentioned here. Kaleidoscopic glass windows:-

In side chapel off Lady Chapel:-

Stairs up to the Chapter House in Wells Cathedral. Yes the steps are a bit dodgy:-

View downwards from Chapter House entrance:-

There’s a further set of stairs upwards from the Chapter House entrance:-

Chapter House entrance:-

Supporting column and ceiling:-

Windows and stained glass in Chapter House:-

Since Bath is known for its Georgian architecture I had not expected to find any Art Deco buildings.

And I didn’t.

But what I did find was that some shops had Art Deco glass, in the door:-

and/or in the upper windows:-

Again here in both:-

The cross motif was repeated above the bakery’s door:

Main entrance door and stained glass window:-

Model and floor plan of cathedral:-

Altar and stained glass:-

Stained glass windows:-

High altar:-

Spode Memorial Window:-

The Lichfield Angel, remnant of sculpture:-