1908 stained glass window by Powell & sons (Whitefriars) depicting an angel greeting the two Mary's in front of the tomb.
England
These two mitred abbots are from about 1327-1330, and can seen in the tracery of the east window of St Nicholas, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.
This is an early 15th century alabaster tomb of a knight and his wife, in the church of St Mary Lutterworth.
This window by CE Kempe was installed in the South Aisle Chapel in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The window was paid for by subscription from the women of the parish.
Window at Middleton Cheney were designed by Burne-Jones (1893) as a memorial to his friend W.C. Buckley
William Wailes (1808-1881) was born in Newcastle and originally started grocery and tea-dealing business. He studied the manufacture of stained glass in Munich in the 1830s, and by 1838 start his own company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
This window by Hardman (1892) is Christ in Glory with the prophets Moses and Elijah to the left and right.
The parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius at Ashby St Ledgers in Northamptonshire has a C14 - C15 Passion sequence painted above the chancel arch and on the side walls. The sequence was uncovered during restoration work in 1927 and is the most extensive cycle in the UK. The paintings are of a similar date to those at Burton Dassett about 20 miles away.
The church of All Saints as Burton Dassett in Warwickshire dates from the early C12 through to C13. The walls were plastered with 'daub', lime, chopped straw and animal hair and over which various wall painting have been executed. At various times over the centuries the paintings have been whitewashed over and replaced with new works. These include from the C13 depiction of the 'Doom' to highly ornamented texts..
The company began in 1836 as Ward and Nixon, the two worked together for twenty years, exporting windows all over the world. In 1855 they were given the contract for re-glazing of East Window of Lincoln Cathedral. By which time James Nixon started to take less active part in the business and died in 1857.
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