St Kew, St James the Great
Chancel south
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1911
Number of lights
4
Maker
Percy Bacon and Brothers Ltd
Main subject
2a .
St Peter
2b .
St Kew
2c .
St James the Great
2d .
Blessed Virgin Mary
1a .
Symbol of St Peter: crossed keys
1b .
Symbol of St Kew: bear
1c .
Symbol of St James the Great: pilgrim’s scallop shell
1d .
Symbol of Blessed Virgin Mary: lilies
Tracery subject
B1 ,
Angel holding scroll:
This honour have all his saints
(Psalms 149:9 )
A1 ,
Arms of Diocese of Exeter
A2 ,
Arms of Diocese of Truro
Donor
The Revd Nicholas Thomas Every and parishioners
Dedicatee
Anne Eleanor Every,
died 1907 aged 72
Notes
Burial of dedicatee, 12th December 1907 ,
Cornwall OPC Burials .
Insertion, donor, dedicatee
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 27, 1911 p 5 ,
Cornish & Devon Post July 29, 1911 p 5 .
Maker from The Builder
Aug 4, 1911 , p 124 .
TDM 1911 : 165 - £200.
Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1912 p 156 (24th July 1911 ). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/15 , D/E/4/7 , TCM/1257/7 ) .
A stained window in memory of Ann Eleanor, wife of the Rev. N.T. Every, Vicar,
was dedicated as a thank-offering for the Vicar’s sixty years’ ministry.
Spencer, Alan. Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers ,
St Kew .
To the glory of God, and in memory of Anne Eleanor the beloved wife of Nicholas Thomas Every, Priest,
by whom, with his parishioners, this window is erected as a thank-offering in the 60th year
of his Vicariate A:D. 1911 .
Photograph copyright © Alan Spencer
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Saint Kew
2b .
St Kew, holding in her left hand a model of the monastery that she founded
near the village. Beside her is a bear, an attribute of hers.
2b detail.
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b detail.
A bear, the symbol of St Kew. According to legend, the church is built near where
a bear that had been troubling the area was killed.
2c detail.
St James the Great, the patronal saint of the church.
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2d detail.
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
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