October 17th, 2017
Mottisfont Abbey - Romsey - Romsey Abbey - Mottisfont Abbey - Awbridge
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Market Day in Romsey
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Pipe Organ
by Nicholson & Lord Abbey United Reformed Church, Romsey |
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Built in 907 by King Edward the Elder as part of a monastic foundation
of Benedictine women
Romsey Abbey Church Micro 6100 DNF |
The Abbey continued to prosper until the Black
Death in 1348.
As a result, the number of nuns fell from 91 to 19 Romsey Abbey |
Early C11th Rood with the Hand of God “Manus
Dei” above
Romsey Abbey |
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Hatchment
Romsey Abbey |
Font by Walter D. Caroe and
given in Memory of Rev. James Cooke Yarborough's only son, 1912 Romsey Abbey |
Pulpit with figures of the
Four Evangelists carved by Harry Hems of Exeter, 1891 Romsey Abbey |
C16th Reredos
St Lawrence Chapel Romsey Abbey |
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High Altar
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Altar Frontal
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Victorian copy of a
Gothic Font, 1850 Romsey Abbey |
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'St Ethelflaeda'
Diptych by Chris Gollon. Acrylic on canvas, 2016 Romsey Abbey |
The Abbess's Doorway
Curtain designed by Maureen Helsdon and embroidered by students at the Southampton College of Art, 1961 Romsey Abbey |
Replica C16th St Teilo Tudor Organ, built by Martin
Goetze and
Dominic Gwynn of Worksop, 2010 Romsey Abbey |
George
and the Dragon
Romsey Abbey |
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1. 'Nativity' in Memory of George Bright Footner,
d.1879 by Clayton & Bell
2. 'Mary Teaching Jesus' and 'Joseph at Work' in Memory of Edward Lyon Berthon d.1899 by James Powell & Sons (Note the balls of wool and knitting needles) 3. 'Pool of Bathesda' in Memory of Sybella Ashley d.1886 by Henry Holiday 4. 'Adoration of the Magi' in Memory of Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley of Broadlands d.1907 by Kempe & Tower, 1910 5. 'Crucifixion' by Clayton & Bell Romsey Abbey |
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C10th Saxon Rood
St Anne's Chapel Romsey Abbey |
Processional Banner
Romsey Abbey |
Wall Monument to John and Grissell Barbe, 1658
Romsey Abbey |
Processional Banner
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'Kneeling Priest'
Late C15th painting Romsey Abbey |
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Mountbatton Coats of Arms on the Family Pew
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Pew Ends and Rail Decoration
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C15th Romsey Psalter
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C13th Purbeck Marble Effigy
of an unknown lady Chapel of St Nicholas, Romsey Abbey |
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La Sagesse Orphanage founded in 1891
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Old Thatched Cottage
Built in 1480, it is the oldest residential building in Romsey |
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Library
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Bedroom
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Dining Room
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Hallway
Mottisfont Abbey |
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Flock Wallpaper
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Gilded Architrave
Mottisfont Abbey |
Flock Wallpaper
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Kaffe
Fassett Exhibition
'Colour at Mottisfont' |
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Whistler Room
Rex Whistler (1905- 1944) created the illusion of Gothic architecture Mottisfont Abbey |
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Walled garden at Mottisfont was designed by Graham
Stuart Thomas and is home to the National Collection of pre-1900 old-fashioned
roses
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1. All
Saints Church, Awbridge
2. 'Holy Family' in Memory of Richard Minshuld S. Veal d.1963 and his wife Georgina d. 1956, by J Wippell & Co, Exeter 3. Altar Frontal All Saints Church, Awbridge |
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1. 'Lamb of God' in Memory of Henry
Rawlins Pipon Schooles, Chief Justice of Gibraltar d.1913
and his wife Caroline Elizabeth d.1922 2. 'Annunciation' in Memory of Emily Beatrice Blundell d.1944 by J Wippell & Co, Exeter 3. 'The Magnificat' by Kempe & Tower 4. 'St Christopher' in Memory of George Haines Jones d.1925 and his wife Fanny d.1916 by Kempe & Tower 5. 'St George' WW2 Memorial Window by J Wippell & Co, Exeter 6. 'Crucifixion' East Window in Memory of Rev. Thomas Heathcote Tragett d.1887 All Saints Church, Awbridge |
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Altar Rail Kneeler
All Saints Church, Awbridge. |