St James Churchyard
Chipping Campden, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
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Chipping Campden, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire GL55 6JG EnglandCoordinates: 52.05327, -1.77588 - Cemetery ID:
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Over the following centuries the chancel was enlarged, aisles added, and south porch built. In 1490, the nave was rebuilt in Perpendicular Gothic style, supported on the original Norman foundations. One unusual feature was a large window above the chancel arch, a rarity in English parish churches, which floods the interior with light. In 1500, the striking west tower was built. The tower reaches 120 feet, making it an obvious local landmark from the surrounding hills. Within the tower is a ring of 8 bells, the earliest cast in 1618, and the youngest in 1737. The original clock mechanism, built in 1695, is now stored under the tower arch.
Though the medieval glass did not survive, the church does boast several medieval relics of note. Protected by a glass case is a pair of medieval altar frontals, made around 1500, and a cope, made around 1400. The design of the altar frontals was copied to create the frontals on the High Altar of Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of George V in 1912.
Other medieval features include several finely crafted 15th century memorial brasses. The largest of these commemorates William Grevel (Greville), known as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England". In the sanctuary is the tomb of Sir Thomas Smythe (d. 1593), Lord of the Manor of Campden and first Governor of the East India Company. In the Noel Chantry is another memorial of note; that of Sir Baptist Hicks, who built the nearby almshouses and the picturesque Market Hall. Hicks gave money for the pulpit and lectern, and also gave £200 to re-roof the nave. His striking monument is built of marble columns supporting a canopy.
Over the following centuries the chancel was enlarged, aisles added, and south porch built. In 1490, the nave was rebuilt in Perpendicular Gothic style, supported on the original Norman foundations. One unusual feature was a large window above the chancel arch, a rarity in English parish churches, which floods the interior with light. In 1500, the striking west tower was built. The tower reaches 120 feet, making it an obvious local landmark from the surrounding hills. Within the tower is a ring of 8 bells, the earliest cast in 1618, and the youngest in 1737. The original clock mechanism, built in 1695, is now stored under the tower arch.
Though the medieval glass did not survive, the church does boast several medieval relics of note. Protected by a glass case is a pair of medieval altar frontals, made around 1500, and a cope, made around 1400. The design of the altar frontals was copied to create the frontals on the High Altar of Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of George V in 1912.
Other medieval features include several finely crafted 15th century memorial brasses. The largest of these commemorates William Grevel (Greville), known as "the flower of the wool merchants of all England". In the sanctuary is the tomb of Sir Thomas Smythe (d. 1593), Lord of the Manor of Campden and first Governor of the East India Company. In the Noel Chantry is another memorial of note; that of Sir Baptist Hicks, who built the nearby almshouses and the picturesque Market Hall. Hicks gave money for the pulpit and lectern, and also gave £200 to re-roof the nave. His striking monument is built of marble columns supporting a canopy.
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- Added: 25 Jul 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2315733
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