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St Andrew, Penrith: stained glass
locality type:-   stained glass

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CAT47.jpg  Stained glass.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT53.jpg  Stained glass; Faith, Abraham and Isaac, by Clayton and Bell, about 1870s.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT54.jpg  Stained glass; priest, Christ walking on water, Christ with little children, about 1868.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT55.jpg  Stained glass; priest offering Christ Church, Penrith to God.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT56.jpg  Stained glass, east window; Baptism of Christ, Sermon on the Mount, the Ascension, Raising of Lazarus, the Resurrection, Christ at Emmaus, by John Hardman and Co.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT57.jpg  Stained glass; St Andrew, by Burlison and Grylls, about 1899.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT58.jpg  Stained glass; Christ in Majesty, by G J Baguley, about 1877.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT59.jpg  Stained glass; old fragments.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT60.jpg  Stained glass; old fragments.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT61.jpg  Stained glass; Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden of Gethsemane, by Powell, Whitefriars, about 1911.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT62.jpg  Stained glass; the Crucufixion, by Cox, Sons and Buckley, about 1892.
(taken 23.5.2014)  

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CAT48.jpg  Stained glass; Neville Window.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT49.jpg  Stained glass; Neville Window, Duke of York.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT52.jpg  Stained glass; Neville Window, Duke of York.
(taken 23.5.2014)  

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CAT50.jpg  Stained glass; Neville Window, Cicely Neville.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
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CAT51.jpg  Stained glass; Neville Window, Cicely Neville.
(taken 23.5.2014)  
The Neville Window contains fragments of glass from about 1400, which survived the burning of the church in the 17th century. The two heads have been labelled as Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville, parents of Richard III. But: it is now thought that they are Ralph Neville of Raby Castle, and his wife Joan Beaufort, daughter of John of Gaunt. ???
Among the other old fragments, tradition has it that the king is Richard III, but many believe it is Richard II who granted Penrith to Ralph Neville of Raby castle, it might even be Henry VI ...
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