Baroque monument to Sir Thomas Spencer (died 1684), his wife and children attributed by Mrs Esdail to John Nost. YARNTON St Bartholomew*** Spencer tombs, historical glass Most church buildings talk a dominant language. Yarnton’s is Jacobean. Most of the setting up is Norman or Early English, but over its stable tower and heat stone walls… Continue reading Yarnton, Oxfordshire
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Yarnton, Oxfordshire
Amid the elaborate background of this wonderful tomb to Sir William Spencer and his wife is this minor skull and gravedigger’s shovel. The tomb was made by Jasper Hollemans from The Netherlands. The cranium is often made use of on monuments in our churches significantly as it is in Western portray. It suggests, as a… Continue reading Yarnton, Oxfordshire