Christ Blessing the Children
1874
Single-light window with a panel showing Christ holding a baby with children at his feet and with a couple and another child.
firm/studio: Ward & HughesChurch of St Mary & St David, Flint, Flintshirenorth wall of the north aisle (Church Street side of church)
The text below the picture reads 'Suffer little children to come unto me'. The Latin text at the bottom of the picture translated reads 'To the Glory of the Blessed Trinity this window in memory of his benevolent servant in the ninth year of his ministry Evan Jenkins Rector of this Parish. Kind parishioners dedicated it to the Rector 1874'.The Rev. Evan Jenkins was Rector of Flint 1866-1874. He was the Rector of Flint when St David's and St Thomas's churches were built. In 1874 he moved to the Parish of Manafon in Montgomeryshire. In 1906 he returned to Flint on his retirement and died in 1916, and is buried in the Northop Road cemetery. (ObjectID=4502 ImageID=8483) Original File Name=evanjenkins.jpgRecord added by Peter Bellis, edited by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 26-05-2020
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Show more subjectsMalcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 20.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020. (record added by Peter Bellis)
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