Historic Churches of Buckinghamshire

Historic Churches of Buckinghamshire is a project launched in 2018, with only a few churches included at the moment.

Notable Feature Images for St Michael & All Angels, Aston Clinton

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Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	c1270: S Arcade.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	Detail of S Arcade capitals.
Image © Rex Harris, 2016	c1340: N Arcade and Tower Arch.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	Detail of N Arcade capitals (70 years later than the S Arcade) with finer mouldings on the capitals and label stop heads.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	14C : Circular Clerestory Windows.
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Image © Rex Harris, 2016	14C : Chancel and Chancel Arch.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	14C : Three seated Sedilia and Piscina. On the S wall of the Chancel, they all have ogee arches and tall pinnacles, all ornately crocketed.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	Three seats, and very elaborately decorated stonework, is surprising for a village church.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	A closer look at the arch over the right hand seat.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 20008	14C : Easter Sepulchre. Quite a rare survival, on the N wall of the Chancel, like the Sedilia, it has an ogee arch. The 2 angels are 19C replacements of the original figures.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2008	In the 1840s the 2 statues were described as mutilated, one had no legs, and the other no head.
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Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	1768: Monument - John Somner. He died in 1768 aged 53, and his wife Ann "caused this Monument to be erected to his memory".
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription plaque on the monument.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	1806: Monument - Mary Minshull. She died in 1806 at the age of 32. The Monument also records 3 other family members.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	1828: Monument - John Hardwick Minshull. He died in 1828 at the age of 33 . The Monument also records his brother William who died in 1831 aged 36.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription.
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Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	†1836: Hatchment - Francis 2nd Viscount Lake. He also has a monument in the church.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	†1840: Hatchments - George Rowland Minshull. 2 hatchments which are virtually identical. He also has a monument in the church.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	One of the 2 very similar hatchments.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	c1846: Monument - Edward Horwood. The Monument also records the deaths of his 3 children who all died between 1845 and 1849.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription.
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Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	1849: Chancel Restored. Church seating was also replaced. Architect was Edward Buckton Lamb.
Image © Nicholas Mynheer, 2016	1849: Chancel Roof. An unusual design by Edward Buckton Lamb. Architect was Edward Buckton Lamb.
Image © Rex Harris, 2016	1867: Restoration of Nave. The Porches were also restored. The upper Storey of the S Porch was originally the Priest's Room.
Image © Rex Harris, 2016	1867: Pulpit. The pulpit probably dates from 1867 when the Nave was restored.
Image © Rex Harris, 2016	1867: Font. The font probably dates from 1867 when the Nave was restored.
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Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	†1870: Monument - Rev Charles Eyton. He was Rector from 1849-1870. The Monument is also in memory of the Rector's wife, Philadelphia who died in 1880.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	†1876: Hatchment - Sir Anthony Rothschild.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	†1944: Monument - Frances Down. She was the only daughter of William Minshull. The monument proudly tells us that she was a descendant of a Knight from the 3rd Crusade, in 1189-1192.
Image © Michael G Hardy, 2012	The inscription.