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Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers

Holy Island Parish Church
Northumberland
South Chancel 3: St Elizabeth c1906. The face may be a likeness of the dedicatee.

SC3: St Elizabeth


SA3. St Elizabeth. 1906.




Posted 22 January 2026
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There is a single Percy Bacon window in the parish church on Holy Island. a simple lancet in the south wall of the chancel. Installed in c1906, the window depicts the standing figure of St Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. The dedication reads:.

"To the glory of God and in loving memory of Eliza Mary Selby Gregson born 29th Octr 1823, died 18th May 1904. This window is placed by her son, Harold Strangeways Knight Gregson".

It is possible that the face of the saint is a likeness of the dedicatee, Elizabeth Mary Selby Gregson. Northumberland Archives holds the original watercolour by Percy Bacon created for the faculty.1

The window is unsigned.

 

 

 

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  1. Northumberland Archive record DN/E/8/2/2/286.

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