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pictures of St Matthews together with a brief outline
of its history (extracts from a Church leaflet) |
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St Matthew's Church Coldridge. |
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| The
Church dedicated to St Matthew underwent a complete
restoration (excluding the chancel) in 1897. Many ancient
features were fortunately retained. Historically there
is some doubt about the dedication. The Diocesan Directory
Thesaurus Eccleciasticus Provincialis of
1782 confirms that the church was dedicated to St Mary.
White's County Directory of 1850 also notes the dedication
to St Mary. Other indications of this are the fleurs
de lis on some of the tiles in the church and the lack
of a Lady Chapel. No one can remember when or why the
dedication was changed, but from directories compiled
after 1857, Coldridge church is shown as St Matthew's. |
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The
main entrance of St. Matthew's.
The
clock was donated by the Parish in memory of those
who died in the Great War. It has two faces overlooking
the village with gold hands and figures. The clock
strikes the hour. |
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| The
altar and main window. |
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A
view of the carved wooden screen partition dividing
the interior. A photo cannot do justice to this wonderful
piece of work.
The floor of the chancel has some glazed tiles made
in Barnstable in Tudor times decorated with roses,
swans and lions. There are more around the font. |
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| The
carved wooden door to the Chancel. |
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| Another
view looking up the aisle towards the altar. To the
left is the lecton. This was made of oak in 1904 by
W. H. Bushell of Down St Mary, he charged £16.10s!
It also has an iron ring in the Rood Screen to which
the Bible would have been chained.
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The
screen, pews and organ. |
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