2017

TF6119 : West Window, King's Lynn Minster

taken 7 years ago, near to West Lynn, Norfolk, England

West Window, King's Lynn Minster
West Window, King's Lynn Minster
The west window of the Minster was installed in 1927 and was given by Colonel Thomas J Seppings who died in 1925.
The glass was designed by Donald Taunton of John Hardman & Co.

The stonework dates from the 15th century, the original glass was lost when the nave was destroyed by the spire of the south west tower falling in 1741. After this, the window was blocked and not re-opened until the mid-1860s. The organ was originally on a gallery in front of the west window.

The subject of the window is a mixture of associated Saints and Kings with several Guilds and Bishops in the traceries.
There are seven lights with upper and lower panels. The central light depicts Christ in Glory surrounded by Angels and Saints relating to the churches of King's Lynn. The left-hand light contains St Edmund and St Nicolas with King John granting the town its Charter at the bottom. The next light depicts St John the Evangelist, and King John presenting his sword to the Mayor in the panel below. On the right-hand side of the window we see the Virgin Mary, St George, St Margaret and finally Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey.

The traceries contain Coats of Arms relating to the church and town including the Guild of Corpus Christi, the Trinity Guild, the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the three lions of England, the arms of Henry VIII, and those of the Benedictine and Franciscan religious orders, whose buildings still remain in Kings Lynn.
St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn Minster

The Minster and Priory Church of St Margaret, St Mary Magdalene and all the Virgin Saints was founded as a Benedictine Priory in 1101, by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich. For 400 years it was the monks' home as well as the Parish Church for the town and always known as St Margaret's.

The only surviving remains of the Norman church are the internal arches of the west towers and at the base of the southern one outside. The rest of the church seems to have been totally rebuilt in the 13th century but again, only the magnificent chancel arcades survived 15th century enlargements. The northwest tower had to be rebuilt in 1453 as subsidence into the soft ground had caused its predecessor to lean dangerously. The nave and aisles had to be rebuilt completely after a gale in 1741 blew down a spire which formerly crowned the southwest tower. In 1874, the church was restored under the direction Sir George Gilbert Scott (LinkExternal link King’s Lynn Minster History).

St Margaret's Church was made King's Lynn Minster by the Bishop of Norwich in December 2011 in recognition that it provides a ministry far wider than that of a normal Parish Church. It is the civic church for West Norfolk and frequently holds services and events for the western part of the Diocese of Norwich (LinkExternal link King’s Lynn on-line).

St Margaret’s is a grade I listed building (English Heritage Building ID: 384315 LinkExternal link British Listed Buildings).


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J.Hannan-Briggs   (more nearby)
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Julian P Guffogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 February, 2017   (more nearby)
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Monday, 20 February, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 6175 1979 [10m precision]
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