All Saints, Terrington. The south window is early C20th glass painting by Morris & Co, following designs of the three main figures by Burne-Jones. The angel bears the cup of suffering which Our Lord drained.Grasshopper - detail from West window - St Helen's, Thorganby by Ann SoutheranWest window - St Helen's, Thorganby - by Ann Southeran.At All Hallows, Goodmanham The left light gives a potted history of the parish; beginnning with the destruction of a pagan temple and the conversion of King Edwin. The final scene here is the celebration of 1300 years of Christianity at Goodmanham. The right light shows farming in the ara, together with walkers on the Wolds Way. Note the connection via the pathway, symbolising life's journey.Millennium Window - All Saints, Bolton Percy by Tom Denny. The window explores the realtionship of Time to Eternity. The central image is based on the idea of the river of God's grace springing up afresh to bring new life. In the top centre light, fish swimming down through the riverine rythms of light and colour. Lower down, figures walk along a riverbank in contemplation. Below them, a single figure and a couple begin their journeys. The outer lights contain references ro the rural nature of the parish. A cow and a bull climb steep banks. In the right hand light, an owl; with a curlew, swifts, and other birds lower down. In the top three lights are seen fragments of angels. (Information from an excellent set of leaflets on sale in the church.)The Annunciation: All Saints, Appleton Roebuck - by Harry HarveyThe Annunciation: All Saints, Appleton Roebuck - by Harry HarveySt George, St Nicholas and St Michael, War Memorial window - St Mary the Virgin, HemingbroughJesus and Nicodemus - St Denys, YorkThe Ascension, St Denys, YorkSt Edwin, All Hallows, Goodmanham.A fragment from the east window of the south aisle ( St. Catherine's Chapel), which once told the legendary life story of St. Catherine. Now a mosaic of fragments, including this depiction of an angel and devil whispering good and evil advice into the ears of a triple-crowned pope (C15th).C14th - Virgin and Child. Detail from North Aisle, Middle Window - St Denys, YorkDetail from North Aisle, Middle Window - St Denys, York: C14th: St Margaret slaying a dragon.Elizabeth greeting Mary - North Aisle window, All Saints, Bolton Percy - Burlison and GryllsNoah - North Aisle window, All Saints, Bolton Percy - Burlison & Grylls, 1880.Shepherds visit the manager - All Saints, Appleton RoebuckNativity scene: All Saints, Appleton RoebuckSt Margaret, Hawes, Millenium Window by Sep Waugh. The window, which also commemorates the tercentenary of the Hawes Market Charter, shows the familiar scene of the Good Shepherd but Sep Waugh has dressed him in the brown jacket and cap of a Dales sheep-farmer. Hawes church can be seen in the background which also depicts other scenes of local life.St Mary the Virgin, Muker.Devil - St John the Evangelist, Welburn, North Yorkshire - by W T Carter Shapland 1955Serpent - St Michael's Church, Malton, North Yorkshire.Coloured Light - Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland.Nativity Scene - St Thomas a Becket Church, Hampsthwaite, North Yorkshire: St Michael's Church, Malton., North Yorkshire: Luke 2: 24 Presentation in the Temple. And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.St Mary's Church, Goathland, North York Moors.St Matthew's, Hutton Buscel, North Yorkshire. I wonder if the Victorian depiction of angels as children has anything to do with the incidence of child mortality?St Mary's Church, Goathland, North York Moors.Church Mouse - St Helen's Church, York.St George slays the Dragon - St Oswald's Church, Fulford, York. Detail from North Transept window by Clayton & Bell.St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire Coast - glass by Harry HarveyAll Saints Church, Kilham, Yorkshire Wolds: window by Harry Harvey, depicting Orlando Gibbons, Henry Purcell, JS Bach, St Hilary.At the foot of the cross - St Andrew, Middleton nr Pickering, North Yorkshire.West window, central light - St Mary, Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire - by Powell of WhitefriarsWest window, central light - St Mary, Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire - by Powell of WhitefriarsAnnunciation, St Mary, Nun Monkton, North Yorkshire - by Burne-JonesWindow at the redundant church of St James, Warter, on the Yorkshire Wolds. The designer was Robert Anning Bell (1909).

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