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near Dorking in Surrey which he was using as a workshop. Meticulous preparation was said to have gone into producing the window, including the making of a suit of armour for the St Michael figure from papier-mâché - which his assistant had to wear. The window shows Adam and Eve in the outer main lights flanking Gabriel and St Michael with the Virgin & Child in the centre light. The tracery lights are based on the
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designed the Lady Chapel east window in 1891. This was Whall's first independent commission and was given to him by Sedding. Whall described the window as "the foundation and beginning of everything". Whall designed and made the window, with the help of one assistant, in a cowshed at Stonebridge,
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One of the glories of St Mary's is the 14th century (part of its east wall is 2nd phase 13th century) Corpus Christi Chapel (North Chapel). It is the earliest part of the church and has connections with an educational foundation that later became
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churches, the organ speaks across the chancel. This was the case at St Mary's until 1984 when the great organ division was turned through 90 degrees so that the organ now speaks into the nave as well as across the chancel.
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in 1741 that it should be repaired, work which was eventually carried out in 1788 by Charles Haynes, using iron strapping. The spire was strengthened again in 1913 by the addition of internal tie bars.
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The church was built in the twelfth century, the tower in the thirteenth century, and the spire in the fourteenth century. The spire was saved from collapse following a recommendation by
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in memory of those men of the parish who had died in the First World War. A commemorative plaque recording this event and the names of the men who died is placed south of the pulpit.
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The vestry was added in 1880, with the screens and a new altar, as well as new decoration to the ceilings of the chancel and sanctuary, being completed in 1890 to designs by
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The tower is 78 feet (24 metres) high, topped by a spire of 90 feet (27 metres), giving a total height of 168 feet (51 metres).
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In 1948, a screen was fitted to the tower arch in memory of all those who had served in the Second World War.
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There is a second window dating to 1893 in the North side of the Lady Chapel; this completed jointly with
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to survive in the East Midlands, although many can still be found in the West Country.
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Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England
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Fergus Fitzjohn Bryce 1928 - 1978 (formerly organist of Barnack Church)
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ca. 1894 - 1896 (afterwards organist of All Saints Church, Scarborough)
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For the Roman Catholic church in Connecticut, United States, see
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1898 - 1905 (formerly organist of St John's College, Lancashire)
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ca. 1839 - 1874 (also organist of St Martin's Stamford)
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St. Mary's Church (Stamford, Connecticut)

Denomination
Church of England
Churchmanship
Anglo Catholic
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Dedication
St Mary
Province
Province of Canterbury
Diocese
Diocese of Lincoln
Archdeaconry
Archdeaconry of Boston
Deanery
Stamford
Parish
Bishop(s)
Norman Banks
Bishop of Richborough
AEO
Priest(s)
Organist/Director of music
parish church
Church of England
Stamford
Great North Road
The George Hotel
William Stukeley

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