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County (in 1974) ?

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County (in 1974)

The number and extent of county boundaries in Britain has changed over the years. The CVMA uses the county boundaries as they were in 1974. If in doubt, search under Location.

Select from list Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Caernarvonshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Denbighshire Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Flintshire Glamorgan Gloucestershire Greater London Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Isle of Ely Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Radnorshire Rutland Shropshire Soke of Peterborough Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire York Yorkshire, East Riding Yorkshire, North Riding Yorkshire, West Riding

Location ?

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Location

This is the place where the glass in any image is currently located. You can also search for Country of Origin and Site of Origin.

Site/Monument ?

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Site/Monument

The sites in this list include churches, abbeys, cathedrals, museums etc.

Church Code ?

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Church Code

A six digit unique identification number supplied to church buildings by the Church Commissioners.

Church Heritage Record ID ?

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Church Heritage Record ID

A unique identifier for the building provided by the Church Heritage Record (CHR).

CVMA inv. no. ?

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CVMA inv. no.

The six-digit number assigned by the Corpus Vitrearum (Great Britain) to this image.

Building Type (pre-Reformation) ?

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Building Type (pre-Reformation)

The status of many ecclesiastical buildings that house medieval stained glass changed during the Reformation.

Select from list Cathedral (monastic) Cathedral (secular) Chapel College of vicars choral Collegiate church Friary (Dominican) Friary (Franciscan) Guildhall Hospital House, palace or castle Monastery (Augustinian) Monastery (Benedictine) Monastery (Cistercian) Monastery (Gilbertine) Monastery (Premonstratensian) Nunnery (Benedictine) Parish church School University college

Part of Church (general) ?

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Part of Church (general)

A listing of the parts of a church that were of primary significance liturgically and architecturally.

Select from list Antechapel Chancel Chapter House Choir Cloister Crypt Nave Retrochoir Tower Transept

Part of Church (subsidiary) ?

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Part of Church (subsidiary)

A listing of the parts of a church that were of subsidiary significance liturgically and architecturally.

Select from list Aisle Apse Chapel Clerestory Gallery Light box Organ Chamber Porch Sacristy Stairs Triforium Vestibule Vestry

Named Chapel ?

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Named Chapel

This list includes both chapels unique to one church and chapels dedicated to specific saints at more than one location.

Select from list Airmen's Chapel Alcock Chapel Angel Choir Barnston Chapel Beauchamp Chapel Chambre Chapel Chicheley Chapel Corona Chapel Corpus Christi Chapel Erpingham Chapel Fromond's Chantry Galilee Chapel Hastings Chapel Henry VII Chapel Jerusalem Chamber Jesus Chapel King Chapel Lady Chapel Latin Chapel Lethieullier Chapel Lucy Chapel Oldham Chapel Prior Crauden's Chapel Ridley Chapel Rokeby Chapel Russell Chantry Seamen's Chapel Shell Chapel Soldiers' Chapel Speke Chapel Spencer Chapel St Andrew's Chapel St Anne's Chapel St Gabriel's Chapel St James's Chapel St John the Baptist's Chapel St John's Chapel St Katherine's Chapel St Lucy Chapel St Luke's Chapel St Martin's Chapel St Stephen's Chapel Thurbern Chapel Trinity Chapel West Chapel Willoughby Chapel Zouche Chapel

Named Window ?

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Named Window

Windows are sometimes known by specific names; all of these are unique.

Select from list Bishop's Eye Boole Memorial Window British Legion Window Chancellor's Window Dean's Eye Explorers' Window Five Sisters Millenium Window Rhodesian Airforce Memorial Window St William Window Subdean's Window

Part of Secular Building ?

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Part of Secular Building

This list includes both names unique to one building and generic names.

Select from list Banqueting Hall Bathroom Bedroom Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom, central Bedroom, west Chapel Dining Room Doors between Bathroom and Gallery Drawing Room Entrance Hall Gallery Gilt Room Great Hall Hall Kitchen Library Living Room Museum Collection Oratory Parlour Senior Common Room Sitting Room, downstairs Sitting Room, upstairs Staircase

Window Orientation ? Select from list North South East West

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Orientation

The compass direction in which a viewer of the window faces.

CVMA window no. ?

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CVMA window no.

The number of the window according to the CVMA window-numbering system.

CVMA panel no. ?

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CVMA panel no.

The number of the panel according to the CVMA panel-numbering system.

Museum no. ?

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Museum no.

This can be any accession, registration or inventory number supplied by a museum.

Firm ?

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Firm

This listing consists principally of nineteenth-century firms engaging in the production of stained glass.

Select from list Abraham Van Linge Aikman, W, Sutton Allan, R Allan, R? Armstrong, J Arnold, H Auravisions (McCarthy S) Bacon, P C Baillie, A T, London Barley Studios Barnett, J, York Bell & Almond, London Bell, A, London Bell, D Bell, J & Son, Bristol Bolton, W J, Cambridge Booker, A, London and Bruges Bowden, Mark & Co, Bristol Bradley, R Bryans, H W (Heasman, E) Burlison & Grylls, London Burlison & Grylls, London (Bodley) Burlison & Grylls, London? Burrow, F? Caller, P Campronnier J B Champignuelle, C, Bar-le-Duc Normandy Chance, W E Chapel Studio Clark, J K Clayton & Bell (E R Frampton) Clayton & Bell, London Clayton & Bell, London (Sutton, Rev F) Clutterbuck, C E, Stratford, Essex Cole, F W Comper, J N Cooper, Muriel Costerton, E D, Norfolk Cox & Son, London Cox, Son & Buckley (Geldart, E) Cox, Son & Buckley, London Cox, Son & Buckley, London (Booker, A) Culyer, W F, Norwich Culyer, W F, Norwich? Davies, A J De La Roche & Wilmshurst, T, Paris? (De la Roche?) Didron, A N, Paris Dilworth, E J Dix, A J, London Dixon, J, Norwich Dixon, J, Norwich or Culyer, W F Dixon, J, Norwich? Easton, H Eden, F C Egan, J? Eginton, F Evans, C & Co, London Farrah Bell, M C Farringdon Glass Works Fawcett A, & Smee M Finn, B Frampton, E R, London Frampton, E R, London? Gammon & Humphry Gathercole, J H, Norwich Gathercole, J H, Norwich? Gerente, A, Paris Gibbs & Howard Gibbs & Howard, (Nesfield, E D W) Gibbs, Alexander, London Gibbs, C A, London Goddard and Gibbs Grant, J W, Costessey Grant, J W, Costessey (Dixon, J) Grant, J W, Costessey? Gray, J C Green, V Gyles, Henry, York Gyles, Henry, York? Hardman, J & Co, Birmingham Harvey and Ashby Hayward J Heaton & Butler, London Heaton, Butler & Bayne, London Heaton, Butler & Bayne, London (Holiday, H) Heaton, Butler & Bayne, London? Hedgeland, G, London? Hedgeland, J P, London Hemming & Co, A O, London Holiday, H, London Howson, J Hughes, H Hunt, G J Jones & Willis Kempe & Tower, London Kempe, C E, London King, G & Son, Norwich King, J & J, Norwich King, J & J, Norwich (Scott, T J?) King, J & J, Norwich? King, J & J, Norwich? (Burne-Jones, E) Knowles, John A, York Knowles, John W, York Knowles, John W, York? Lamb, E B, London Lamb, E B, London? Lavers & Barraud, London Lavers & Barraud, London (Allan, R?) Lavers & Barraud, London (Westlake, N H J?) Lavers & Westlake Lavers, Barraud & Westlake, London Lavers, Barraud & Westlake, London? Lawson, J N, Lazenby, O.E., and Gibson, P., York Minster Glaziers Lee, L Lewis, S, Lincoln Limelight Studios (Hunt D) Lincoln Cathedral Stained Glass Studios Lincolnshire Stained Glass Studios, (Sear, D) Lloyd-Winder, M Lobin, L, Tours Lonsdale, H W, London Lowndes & Drury Lowndes & Drury, London (Wetton P) Lowndes, M Luxford Studios Luxford Studios, New Barnet (Wetton P) Luxford, F L Maile G & Son Ltd london Marion Grant, D Mayer & Co, Munich Middleton, J, Norwich Moore, A L, London Morgan, William de Morris & Co, London Morris & Co, London (2); Brown, F M (1)? Morris & Co, London (Burne-Jones, E) Morris & Co, London (Maddox Brown, F) Morris & Co, London (Rosetti, D G) Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, London (Burne-Jones, E) Morris, William & Co, Westminster Mowbray & Co, A R Nicholson, A K, London Norwich workshop? Norwich, St Peter Mancroft Nuttgens J. E O'Connor, M & A, London O'Connor, M & A, London (Pritchett, G E?) O'Connor, M & A, London? O'Neill, E & C (W. G. Glehn) Oliphant, W F, London Oudinot, E, Paris Pace, George Pace, I Parsons, K, London Pearce, W J, Manchester (Day, L F) Pearson J Pearson, R O? Peckitt, W, York Phillips Stained Glass Studio, Cleveland, Ohio Powell, C C, London? Powell, H B Powell, J & Sons, London Powell, J & Sons, London (Aikman W) Powell, J & Sons, London (Arnold H) Powell, J & Sons, London (Bouviar) Powell, J & Sons, London (Brown, J W) Powell, J & Sons, London (Burrow) Powell, J & Sons, London (Clayton, J R) Powell, J & Sons, London (Curry A) Powell, J & Sons, London (Davis, L) Powell, J & Sons, London (Erridge) Powell, J & Sons, London (Hardgrave, C) Powell, J & Sons, London (Hogan & Brown) Powell, J & Sons, London (Holiday, H) Powell, J & Sons, London (Holiday, H?) Powell, J & Sons, London (Hungerford Pollen, J) Powell, J & Sons, London (Hutchinson & Rhead) Powell, J & Sons, London (Penwarden & Read) Powell, J & Sons, london (Penwarden) Powell, J & Sons, London (Poynter, E J) Powell, J & Sons, London (Read) Powell, J & Sons, London (Sharp & Hardgrave) Powell, J & Sons, London (Stammers H) Powell, J & Sons, London (Woolridge, H E) Powells, J & Sons, London (Hargrave) Powells, J & Sons, London, (Coakes & Rhead) Preedy, F, London Preedy, F, London? Reyntiens, P, London Rope, M E A, Blaxhall, S F F and London? rs & Painters Rutherford, R E Salisbury H J, London & St Albans Schneider, M, Regensburg Seward A & Co Shrigley & Hunt, Lancaster Skeat, F Smith Marriott, Rosemary Smith, G E R Stammers, Harry, York Stephens, Francis Suffling E R Sumner, H Sutton, Baptista Sutton, J, Brant Broughton, Lincs Sutton, Revs, A & F, Brant Broughton, Lincs Swaine, Bourne & Son Swash, C Taylor & Clifton Taylor, W G Townsend, C & Howson, J Travers, M von Glehn, W G. Wailes, W, Newcastle Wailes, W, Newcastle? Walker, L, London Walker, L, London? Ward & Hughes, London Ward & Hughes, London (Hughes, H) Ward & Nixon, London Ward & Nixon, London? Ward and Hughes, London, T.F Curtis Warrington, W, London Webb, C, St Albans Whall, C, London White, W Wilkinson A. L Wilkinson Brothers Wilkinson H Willement, T, London William Morris & co (Westminster) Wilmshurst & Oliphant, London Wilmshurst, T, London Wilmshurst, T, London? Wilson, W Winmill & Jack Winston, C, London? Wippell, J & Co Ltd, Exeter Woodroffe, P, London Woore, E, London Yarington, S C, Norwich Yarington, S C, Norwich (Allan, R) Yarington, S C, Norwich and Warrington, W, London Yarington, S C, Norwich? Yarington, S C, Norwich? (Allan, R) Yarington, S C, Norwich? (Zobel, J G?) York Glaziers Trust, York York Minster glaziers, York Zettler, F X, Munich

Ground-plan ?

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Ground-plan

We are able to provide early ground-plans of some 200 churches, courtesy of Lambeth Palace Library.

Drawing Medium ?

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Drawing Medium

If the object photographed for a particular CVMA inv. no. is not glass, that is specified here.

Select from list Archive record Conservation diagram Drawing or watercolour Print Workshop painting

Condition ?

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Condition

This category relates to photographs taken during restoration.

Select from list In conservation In conservation (after) In conservation (before)

Status of Glass ?

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Status of Glass

This category indicates whether the glass photographed belongs to a different building from the one in which it is housed, or whether it is from a different part of the building in which it is now housed.

Select from list Ex situ Ex situ, from this location Fragments

Date ?

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Date

If a precise date is documented, this is listed here.

Dating later than ?

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Dating later than

An assigned date. In any century, ‘early’ is 0–32, ‘mid’ is 32–67, and ‘late’ is 68–99.

Select from list Early 12th c or later Mid 12th c or later Late 12th c or later Early 13th c or later Mid 13th c or later Late 13th c or later Early 14th c or later Mid 14th c or later Late 14th c or later Early 15th c or later Mid 15th c or later Late 15th c or later Early 16th c or later Mid 16th c or later Late 16th c or later Early 17th c or later Mid 17th c or later Late 17th c or later Early 18th c or later Mid 18th c or later Late 18th c or later Early 19th c or later Mid 19th c or later Late 19th c or later Early 20th c or later Mid 20th c or later Late 20th c or later Early 21st c or later

Dating earlier than ?

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Dating earlier than

An assigned date. In any century, ‘early’ is 0–32, ‘mid’ is 32–67, and ‘late’ is 68–99.

Select from list Early 12th c or earlier Mid 12th c or earlier Late 12th c or earlier Early 13th c or earlier Mid 13th c or earlier Late 13th c or earlier Early 14th c or earlier Mid 14th c or earlier Late 14th c or earlier Early 15th c or earlier Mid 15th c or earlier Late 15th c or earlier Early 16th c or earlier Mid 16th c or earlier Late 16th c or earlier Early 17th c or earlier Mid 17th c or earlier Late 17th c or earlier Early 18th c or earlier Mid 18th c or earlier Late 18th c or earlier Early 19th c or earlier Mid 19th c or earlier Late 19th c or earlier Early 20th c or earlier Mid 20th c or earlier Late 20th c or earlier Early 21st c or earlier

Site of Origin ?

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Site of Origin

The site where the glass in an image originated from.

Country of Origin ?

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Country of Origin

The country where the glass in an image originated from.

Select from list Austria Belgium France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Switzerland Switzerland(?)

Form ?

Border Grisaille Inscription Roundel Quarry

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Form

Elements that can be found in a panel of stained glass.

Subject ?

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Subject

This category contains text descriptions of the glass’s iconography.

Filter subject search by subject type: Iconclass CVMA Original Heraldry

Filter Heraldry subject search by Heraldry type:

Arms Badge Crest Family Historical figure Merchants mark Monogram Other heraldry Rebus Shield

Iconclass ID ?

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Iconclass ID

Search via Iconclass ID for records in the collection that have been associated with that Iconclass ID.

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