Church Recording for St Michael, Garway - Examples from the Records
Further Information on all these items (and many more) can be viewed in the Church Record
For access, please refer to Elizabeth Maggs, lead recorder, email: enquiries@TheArtsSociety-RossonWye.org
COMMUNION CUP
Deep beaker-shaped bowl with everted rim.
Sterling silver. London 1576. Maker’s mark indecipherable.
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PULPIT
An octagonal shaped Pulpit with seven carved side panels and one plain panel, which forms a door to gain access.
Central desk with a reading light and with brass candelabra on either side. The interior has a semi-circular wooden seat.
The base of the central front panel has a brass plate with the dedication "IN GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY GOD P.J.O.M. - A.P.M 1898"
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ARCHWAY FROM NAVE TO CHANCEL
A complex semi-circular 1185 – 1195 arch with highly decorated supporting pillars. Three orders, the Outer with carved chevrons and the Middle with an interfacing pattern giving the appearance of sunken stars.
The right capital is finely carved with a grotesque head of a 'Green Man'.
One of the abacuses above the capitals is carved with a fan petal rosette and another with 'waterleaf' motifs, being designs of Eastern influence and reflecting the Templar Crusader origins.
SINGLE LIGHT IN TOWER
Large pointed-headed Lancet window, deeply set, with a flat lintel, widely splayed reveals and steeply sloping sill. Clear glass diamond shaped quarries in lead setting.
The stonework is 13th century and the glazing post 1896, E. G Davies being the architect.
ALTAR FRONTAL AND SUPERFRONTAL
An altar frontal of alternating bands of white and multi-coloured tapestry.
The ground of white cotton is superimposed with six orphreys of floral tapestry identified as 'Portuguese' manufactured by J. Wippell & Co. Ltd. Three are evenly spaced to each side but leaving a slightly wider space at the centre of the frontal to accommodate an appliqué Latin cross in red heavy linen.
The super frontal has a matching design.
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PIPE ORGAN
A tall architectural case of stained pine. Console of varnished wood.
Above the impost is the centre pipe tower. The pipes are decorative, made of pipe metal, painted to resemble brass.
A single keyboard with 54 keys. Eight draw stops, with round hard wood shanks, black collars and red, square, felt lining. They are positioned vertically, four on each side.
To the right of the console is a donation plaque "THIS ORGAN was Presented to GARWAY CHURCH By the Misses Crump 1880.".
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LAND RENTAL AGREEMENT 1505
Register of Rental 20 Henry VII 1505. Parchment sheets bound in vellum.
Memorandum agreement between 'my Lord Bishop and my Lord Saynt John'.
Appears to be a Rental book of members (tenants, serfs etc.) of Dynmore and Garway.
Found at Hereford Archive and Records Centre.
LIST OF INCUMBENTS
A hand painted, short potted history of the Church, listing names of Knights Templar, Templar Priests, Knights Hospitallers and Incumbents at St. Michael’s Church from 1300 to 2004.
An inscription on the reverse side says that it is was made and kindly donated by Robert Evans of White Rocks, Garway in 2019.