Saturday 16 January 2021

Hawkshaw Memorial Window


It's not unusual to see memorials to long-serving vicars in churches. I've seen memorial tablets, lecterns, tablets and more. What I don't remember seeing before is a stained glass portrait window like this example (detail above) in the church of St Lawrence at Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire. It shows the Rev Edward Burdett Hawkshaw, rector of the parish from 1854 to 1912. He is dressed as St Paul, and his wife, Catherine Mary Jane, is depicted as Dorcas.The portrait likeness of the vicar is clearly based on a photograph held by the church, and I imagine his wife is also based on a contemporary image.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2