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Churches which still retain west gallery
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Harrold, Dedication unknown |
New west gallery and organ now
replace the old west galleries removed in 1904/5. |
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Melchbourne,
St Mary
Magdelen |
“A Georgian church with a
medieval West tower. But the Georgian chancel has medieval
masonry, including traces of a low-side lancet, and the nave
is so wide now that it must have had a South aisle…. The
Georgian date is 1779. However when would the North porch have
been attached to this building? It is obviously Jacobean, with
its Roman Doric columns and frieze, the round entry-arch, and
its oval side windows. ...it is said to come from Woodford in
Northamptonshire.” [Pevsner] Some box
and family pews. |
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Odell,
All Saints |
1637 gallery. |
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Pavenham,
St Peter |
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Pertenhall,
St Peter |
Some box pews. (CEPC) |
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Wrestlingworth,
unknown |
Early 19th C. gallery. |
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Churches which are known to have had west
gallery features or connections |
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Harrold, Dedication unknown |
Old west galleries removed 1904/5. |
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Haynes,
St Mary |
Thought to have had a west
gallery on which stood an organ made by
J.W.
Walker 1851. |
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Henlow,
St Mary the Virgin |
"The gallery itself is long gone but two lancet piercings remain at the west end of the north and south walls of the nave. These have been described as 'sound holes' but are big enough to walk through, suggesting that the gallery may have extended into the north and south aisles." [Info: James Burgess] |
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Chapels which have west
gallery features or connections |
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Bedford,
Bunyan
meeting |
The pitch-pipe here
was purchased
in 1798 at a cost of 5/- and - given that a
Mr. Woodward had been 'raising the
tune' (sic) with a pitch-pipe since 1765 - it was probably
a replacement. The John
Bunyan Museum is in the same
building as the chapel, and it is possible
the pitch-pipe is held there, rather than in the chapel.
Incidentally, Mr. Woodward gave out the pitch to the
instrumentalists first, so why they bothered with a pitch-pipe
is an open question, research-wise...
[comment from Ken Baddley, Bedford West Gallery Quire] |
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Blunham,
Baptist Chapel |
Chapel with west gallery (fairly modern). |
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