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St. Leonards

The window at the eastern end of the south aisle, with its two pointed trefoil lights and a circle in plate tracery, is from the late 13th century. This small deep-set window now contains stained glass depicting Timothy and Saul which was placed there by 'children of the parish and friends' at Easter 1903.

Timothy and Saul

At the east end, to the left of the entrance to choir vestry, is a piscina (a stone basin for carrying away water used for rinsing the chalice) so it is likely that there would have been a communion table nearby.

A piscina

The choir vestry or chantry chapel contains two Victorian windows, the one at the east end having three panes of glass in memory of the first Rector, the Revd Auchmuty, who died in 1871.

In memory of Revd Auchmuty

The Chancel

The focal point of the church is the communion table in the chancel, used for the bread and wine in the service of Holy Communion. The coloured frontals vary with the seasons of the church year.

The communion table

The east window above the table is from the 1872 restoration, but that in the north wall is of the perpendicular period and contains a stained glass representation of St Leonard. It was placed there in memory of Mrs Auchmuty, who died in 1897. Below this window is an interesting Glastonbury chair made from timbers recovered from the belfry in 1871, and presented by a Mr J Merrett. A brass wall plate nearby tells us that the Revd and Mrs Robeson had a stone cross placed on the chancel roof in memory of Archdeacon Robeson. In one corner is a banner depicting St Leonard, which was worked by Peter Watts and his mother Rose in 1998.

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