The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St John and Welsh Saints
1919
Five-light window. Mary and John are shown at either side of Christ on the cross, with the local saints Cybi and Seiriol kneeling. David (left) and Deiniol (right) are depicted in the outer lights.
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co LtdChurch of St Seiriol, Holyhead, Angleseyeast wall of the chancel (window number: I)
East window given as a memorial to all from the parish who had fallen in the First World War. It was among the largest windows in Wales made by the studio, and cost £447. Following the demolition of the church in 1992, the glass was moved to Tonbridge School Chapel, Kent. A tablet recording the names of the fallen was made by Wippell & Co., costing £190, survives in Holyhead at the Church of St Cybi.
With thanks to Martin Briscoe for additional information, his image of the window can be found on the War Memorials Register (Imperial War Museum). (ObjectID=5023 ImageID=) Original File Name=Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-11-2023
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Show more subjectsPhilip Collins, The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the UK and Ireland (Kempe Trust, 2000), p. 321.
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, 2023.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/5023 (accessed 19 April 2024)
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