The Historic Neston Memorial Windows
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![[K] South Aisle](http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/20263/pictures/040 teachers window.jpg)
[K] South Aisle
Maker: Clayton & Bell (1880-1888)
Design: Figure work by J.R.Clayton
Style: Clayton was influenced by hi friend Rossetti, founder member of the pre Raphealite Brotherhood. In memory of the assistant Head of Neston School Esther Johnson, who died in 1817. The Head Mistress of Neston & Parkgate, Mary Ann Kerns who died in 1886, is remembered in two lights that were added in 1888
Design: Figure work by J.R.Clayton
Style: Clayton was influenced by hi friend Rossetti, founder member of the pre Raphealite Brotherhood. In memory of the assistant Head of Neston School Esther Johnson, who died in 1817. The Head Mistress of Neston & Parkgate, Mary Ann Kerns who died in 1886, is remembered in two lights that were added in 1888
![[A] Font Window](http://s3.spanglefish.com/s/20263/pictures/004 monk window.jpg)
[A] Font Window
Maker: Heaton Butler and Baynes 1875
Design: In the design of Henry Holiday
Subject: Depicts biblical stories of the sea
The window was erected by Commander John Monk RN (1791-1880). After many heroic acts in the Napoleonic wars, he was discharged with a severely injured hand and blind in one eye. Not surprisingly he was known locally as “Nelson”. Brass plates in the window reveals, commemorate him and over twenty previous members of his family, the first being born in 1701
Design: In the design of Henry Holiday
Subject: Depicts biblical stories of the sea
The window was erected by Commander John Monk RN (1791-1880). After many heroic acts in the Napoleonic wars, he was discharged with a severely injured hand and blind in one eye. Not surprisingly he was known locally as “Nelson”. Brass plates in the window reveals, commemorate him and over twenty previous members of his family, the first being born in 1701
West end windows, designed by students of Neston High School
Our grateful thanks to Ken Goodyear for the research and information of the "The Neston Memorial Windows" and to Peter Coward for supplying the pictures.