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Sophia Elizabeth Hall Window at Whatton

The memorial window in St John of Beverley Church, Whatton, Nottinghamshire, was created by Charles Eamer Kempe in 1897. Kempe was a painter of ecclesiastical decoration in the 1860s and started his own stained glass company in London in 1868. He was not a trained artist, but was nevertheless artistic, able to suggest ideas which… Continue reading Sophia Elizabeth Hall Window at Whatton

[40876] Whatton : Sophia Elizabeth Hall Window

St John of Beverley, Whatton, Nottinghamshire. To the Glory of God, and in remembrance of Sophia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of James and Catherine Haffenden, and wife of Thomas Dickinson Corridor of Whatton Manor, obiit June 21st 1896 aged 81. Memorial Window (detail) by Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907), c1897. Charles Eamer Kempe was a painter of… Continue reading [40876] Whatton : Sophia Elizabeth Hall Window