St Matthias East Window, Stocksbridge

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Reference WMO/252988

Address:

St Matthias Church

Manchester Road

Sheffield

Stocksbridge

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: East window – Christ in Glory, ascending, by notable C20th artist Francis Spear (1902-79), not finished to original design (1961-3). Incorporate images of steel workers beneath, symbols of organisations e.g. British Legion, Scouts, St John’s Ambulance and inscriptions. Blue glazing in lancets either side completed for 150th anniversary of church in 1992, paid for by Samuel Fox works. (They also funded the window 3rd from left in north aisle). Depicts ‘Power of science and technology’, completed in memory of Oliver Inman, chief engineer of Stocksbridge Works d.1956. The memorial cost £1363 and funds were raised by public subscription.
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