National Heritage Church Windows

Breaking news!! BBC is reporting that some of the Ancestor panels in Canterbury Cathedral's Chapter House have been redated using a new fangled 'windowlyser' to between 1130 and 1160. We will check it out as soon as we can get down there, and revise the National Heritage Church Window Collection accordingly.

This Quest is to visit the churches that house our 'National Heritage Church Window Collection'. This is a church window equivalent of the National Historical Fleet, which lists 200 or so historically important British boats. You can check how we picked the windows in a blog  here. The collection has 36 windows in 33 churches, cathedrals, abbeys and a former abbey. This Quest is to visit the 33 locations. Your reward will be the title National Heritage Church Master Glazier. Intermediate ranks of Novice and Senior can be earned along the way, for visiting 11 and 22 churches respectively. Here is the complete list.

  • St Michael @ All Saints, Dalbury Lees
  • North wall abstract @ St Mary, Brabourne
  • Miracle Window @ Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
  • Apse window @ St Mary & St Nicholas, Wilton
  • Dean's Eye rose window @ Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln
  • Poor Man's Bible window @ Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
  • Great East Window @ Beverley Minster, Beverley
  • Five Sisters window @ York Minster, York
  • Great East window @ Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Madley
  • Holy Spirit Chapel window @ St Mary Magdalene, Newark
  • Great East window @ Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
  • Great East window @ York Minster, York
  • Miraculous Draught of Fishes window @ St Mary the Virgin, Fairford
  • Jesse Tree window @ St Dyfnog, Llanrhaeadr
  • Herkenrode window @ Lichfield Cathedral (St Mary and St Chad), Lichfield
  • Miracles of St Nicholas window @ All Saints, Hillesden
  • Jonah window @ Oxford Cathedral (Christ Church), Oxford
  • Great East window @ Truro Cathedral, Truro
  • Great East window @ St Martin, Brampton
  • Morris window @ St Michael & All Angels, Waterford
  • East window @ St Etheldreda (RC), Holborn
  • East window @ St Michael & All Angels, Marden
  • East window @ St James the Less, Pangbourne
  • Baptistry @ Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
  • Tree of Life @ St Peter's, West Firle
  • East window @ Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club, Forest Row
  • Sea window @ St Thomas, Winchelsea
  • War memorial window @ St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
  • St Catherine and St John the Baptist Chapel window @ Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury
  • Great West window @ St Editha, Tamworth
  • Rosenkrantz window @ St Andrew, Wickhambreaux
  • East window @ All Saints, Tudeley
  • La Farge window @ Southwark Cathedral, Southwark
  • Chancel window @ Queen's Cross, Glasgow
  • Tiffany window @ St Andrew, Kimbolton
  • Bossanyi window @ Canterbury Cathedral