Westwood
St Mary

Glass

Some of the windows contain small leaded squares of obscured glass, but there is also some attractive stained glass in the church.

Click the numbers in the key plan for details of the items.

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Key to Windows

1East Window

This dramatic window showing the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven was installed in June 1915 and dedicated by the Bishop of Southwell. It is signed Heaton, Butler, and Bayne, London.

There are 5 lights, with 10 smaller tracery lights above containing architectural detail. The main lights, from left to right, show:

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   Jesus robed in red, holding a chalice and Bible in his left hand while displaying His wounded right hand and feet. The inscription below the figure reads:
I AM THE TRUE VINE
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   Six disciples looking up at Jesus as He ascends.
3
   Jesus ascending holding up His right hand in blessing, the wounds visible on His feet. Beneath Him is a town and a landscape covered in different types of trees, flowers and foliage.
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   Five disciples and Mary, the mother of Jesus, looking up at Jesus as He ascends.
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   Jesus robed in purple holding a golden plate of bread in His left hand and raising His wounded right hand in blessing. The inscription below reads:
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

The inscription below the central three lights reads:

WHILE THEY BEHELD HE WAS TAKEN UP AND A CLOUD RECEIVED HIM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT

TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD A.D. 1915
The War Memorial
window		 Showing the surrounding
artwork and plaques

2War Memorial Window

On the north wall of the nave, this window has two lights and was installed soon after World War One. Like the East Window it is signed Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London.

The left panel shows a knight in armour kneeling with his hands raised, facing the figure in the right hand panel. The knight has removed his sword, helm and gauntlets, which are on the ground beside him. In the right hand panel, Jesus stands robed in white and red, wearing the crown of thorns, holding out to the knight a golden crown surmounted by seven stars.

The inscription across the bottom of the window reads:

BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

On either side of the window is a large metal plaque in a wooden frame, measuring 60 inches by 26 inches (153cm x 67cm). The left one is headed:

THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF WESTWOOD WARD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918

The names of the men are listed.

An artwork has been installed above the window. It was painted by local artist John Ramsey McDonough, and shows scenes from both of the World Wars. It was donated by the artist and the Jacksdale and District Branch of the Royal British Legion in 2005.

Windows on the South side of the Nave

Four windows on this side have been dedicated to the memory of members of St Mary’s.

3This window has two sections. On the left is a bearded man, robed in blue and white, carrying a long stick in his right hand while raising his left hand. He stands in a landscape which goes across both panels, including hills and a lake. The inscription reads:

I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS
FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP

The dedication reads:

TO THE MEMORY OF ALBERT E WARD

This window also bears a maker’s mark showing that it was made by Pope & Parr of Nottingham.

4A window with three lights and showing a nativity scene. On the left is a shepherd boy seated on a rock, with two sheep. There is a star above. In the centre is Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus lying on straw in a wooden trough. On the right are two more shepherds.  The inscription reads:

The Gift of John George and
Ida May Worthington A.D. 1974

5This has two lights, mostly plain leaded diamond shapes, but some have symbols on them. Each light has a stained glass shield in the centre, on the left the arms of the Diocese of York, and on the right those of the Diocese of Southwell. Across both panels is the dedication:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROBERT PHOEBE AND ETHEL MILLAR

6This is a three-light window. To the left is a sheaf of corn with poppies and the inscription:

LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER
UNTIL THE HARVEST

The central panel shows the sower and the inscription:

BEHOLD A SOWER
WENT FORTH TO SOW

The left hand panel shows the communion chalice standing on an open book with a wafer above it between the Alpha and Omega signs, with the inscription:

I AM THE
BREAD OF LIFE

This window is dedicated:

In memory of
Ida May Worthington 1905 – 1976

The window was dedicated by the Rt Rev Richard Darby, Bishop of Sherwood in April 1978.