Hutchings Collection

 

Friends of St Mary's Church, Cricklade, Wiltshire, U.K.

 

Chairman: Hugh Dudley, 4 Pleydells, Cricklade, SWINDON, SN6 6NG

Secretary: Gerry Dudley, 4 Pleydells, Cricklade, SWINDON, SN6 6NG

Treasurer: Tony Barratt, 13 Boundary Close, Stratton, SWINDON, SN2 7TF

 
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Hutchings Collection

The following black and white photographs are reproduced from negatives that are the property of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hutchings. The date of the photographs is unknown. The stained glass windows in the south wall of the chancel and the position of the font near the porch entrance suggest a date post 1949.

The keen observer will notice the changes in the church since these photographs were taken. The chancel floor has been raised to the same level as the high altar. This meant that the reading desk no longer fitted in front of the chancel arch (north side).

The choir stalls have been removed, and the font has been moved.

Click on the thumbnail pictures for a full size picture.

The Chancel - from the nave A view of the chancel from the nave A view of the chancel from the nave The chancel
South aisle and nave from the porch entrance The parish chest - oak, with 3 locks and strap hinges ?16th Century Altar with festal frontal embroidered by Cicely Laura Miller
The font - the bowl is 13th Century - the triple shafts replaced a single shaft when the bowl was reset in the 19th Century The font - the bowl is 13th Century - the triple shafts replaced a single shaft when the bowl was reset in the 19th Century A view of the chancel. The oak reading desk at the entrance to the chancel was installed in 1928 A view of the chancel. The oak reading desk at the entrance to the chancel was installed in 1928
A view looking from the chancel down the nave to the tower A view looking from the chancel down the nave to the tower The carved oak eagle lectern - the gift of Thomas Butt Miller 25 Dec 1903 The organ which was installed in 1893
The porch Roof of the nave and 18th Century brass chandelier Memorial window to Cicely Laura Miller, the priest's door and the decalogue Jacobean pulpit