Cornish stained glass

Location

GPS coordinates: (50.482393, -4.558192)

Notes on the church

1. Gorham, George Cornelius. The History and Antiquities of Eynesbury and St. Neot’s, in Huntingdonshre, and of St. Neot’s in the County of Cornwall p 20, 1820, London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor and Jones.
2. Gilbert, Davies. Some collections and translations respecting St. Neot and the former state of his church. Hedgeland, JP. A description, accompanied by sixteen coloured plates, of the splendid decorations recently made to the church of St. Neot, in Cornwall, p 39. 1830, London, W Clowes.
3. Grylls, Revd Henry. Descriptive Sketch of the Windows of St. Neot Church, p 4. 1844, Truro, Heard
4. The location numbering scheme used by Gilbert and Grylls starts from North aisle west and goes clockwise round the church:

   I	n8	North aisle west
   II	n7	North aisle 4
   III	n6	North aisle 3
   IV	n5	North aisle 2
   V	n4	North aisle 1
   VI	n3	North Chapel north 1
   VII	n2	North Chapel east
   VIII	e1	Chancel east
   IX	s2	South Chapel east
   X	s3	South Chapel south 1
   XI	s4	South Chapel south 2
   XII	s5	South aisle 1
   XIII	s6	South aisle 2
   XIV	s7	South aisle 3
   XV	s8	South aisle 4
   XVI	s9	South aisle west

   Some of the main lights are no longer in the locations reported by Gilbert and Grylls in 1830 and 1844 respectively. The Redemption window is numbered XIV, which implies s7, but its main lights are now in n3. The Acts window is numbered XV, which implies s8, but its main lights are now in n2. The Callawy window is numbered VI, which implies n3, but its main lights are now in s7. The Tubbe and Callawy window is numbered VII, which implies n2, but its main lights are now in s8.
5. J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol III p 398. William Lake, Truro, 1870
6. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1873 p 823
7. Report of visit by Launceston Scientific and Historial Society (mentions 1826 repairs to windows) Cornish & Devon Post September 11, 1880 p 8.
8. Restoration 1884 - £500
9. Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1883 p 965.
10. Reopened 14^th November 1889 after restoration, architect GH Fellowes Prynne, Cornish Times November 16, 1889 p 4, Royal Cornwall Gazette November 21, 1889 p 6, West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser November 21, 1889 p 3.
11. Restoration 1889 (TDC 1890 14/11/89 £825)
12. Visit by RIC Royal Cornwall Gazette August 24, 1899 p 5.
13. A full account of the medieval glazing of St Neot is to be found in Joanna Mattingly, ‘Stories in the glass—Reconstruction of the St Neot Pre-Reformation Glazing Scheme,’ Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 2000, pp 9–55, and Joanna Mattingly with Allen Buckley and John Hall, ‘“A Tin Miner and a Bal Maiden”—Further research on the St Neot windows,’ Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, 2001, pp 96–100.