Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Sheffield
- Town
- Abbeydale
- County
- South Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- C E Kempe & Co Ltd (Manufacturer)
C E Kempe & Co Ltd (Designer) - Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46864
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Current location
The nearby St Peter's Church was demolished and the congregation joined St Oswlad's Church.
St Peter and St Oswald Church
Junction Of Abbeydale Rd And Bannerdale Rd
Abbeydale
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S7 2DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 341 839
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Five light stained glass window with figures depicted in the lights. Dedicatory inscription at the base of the centre light. Christ on the cross depicted in the centre light with the Virgin Mary and St John. Below them is St Oswald. St George is depicted in the left light and St Louis is depicted in the right light. St Cuthbert, St Chad, St Aiden and St Paulinus are also depicted in the lights. In the rose light at the top St Michael is depicted slaying the dragon. In the two quatrefoil lights Jeremiah and Isaiah are depicted with scroll texts. The arms of the sees of York and Sheffield as well as the arms of the penny and firth families are also depicted in the light.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. THIS WINDOW WAS GIVEN BY MARY LEWTON WIFE OF BERNARD ALEXANDER FIRTH OF NORTON HALL DERBYSHIRE, ESQUIRE AND ONLY CHILD OF THE LATE REV EDWARD LEWTON PENNY D.D. R.N. ALL HALLOWEEN 1915 (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alexander, Bernard
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Window
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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