There are a number of similarly styled, brightly-coloured stained glass windows on the South side of the church.  Belgian artist J. B. Capronnier created them and they were installed in the 1860s and 1870s thanks to vicar Horatio Nelson Dudding - named after the national hero Horatio Nelson. For most of the history of the church, many were unable to read the Bible and so stories were told using pictures instead. Continuing this tradition of story-telling, each window tells a story – called a ‘parable’ – from the Bible. Working in clockwise direction around the church, the first two windows (each with three panels) are called ‘The Labourers in the Vineyard’ and ‘The Ascension’.   Each window shows a fairly simple story (e.g. labourers picking grapes while others look on idly; and Jesus preparing to return  to his father in heaven) but each of these stories has a very interesting, deeper meaning.  You can read about the other  Capronnier windows at Information Points 6 and 11.

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