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Our churchyard is still "open" for Burials and Interment of Ashes,subject to the Churchyard Regulations
Funerals by arrangement - please contact the Parish Office
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Porch and Lych Gates |
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Flanked by large Victorian boot scrapers, which say a lot about the state of the roads and paths some years ago, the porch, towards the south-west corner of the church, has an attractively patterned coloured tiled floor, ample stone seating and some fine carved wood. The well weathered oak gable features carved Tudor roses. The rose is probably the most commonly found naturally or symbolically represented flower in churches. Although it can have many meanings depending on colour and type, in general it symbolises triumphant spiritual love. It is also particularly associated with the virgin Mary who is called the ‘rose without thorns’- in other words - sinless. The church is entered through heavy iron bound oak doors. |
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It is not uncommon to enter a churchyard through lych gate. Here coffins were rested briefly for the first part of the burial service. Indeed the words mean ‘corpse gate’ and symbolise the gate of death.
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The second, set in the wall to the North side of the church was designed by architects at Andrew Smith of Woodlands Park, Maidenhead and was built in 1994 by Maidment Builders, also of Maidenhead. It was given to the church and bears the inscription:
It is an exceptionally good example of modern workmanship executed in the traditional manner. The terracotta animals on the roof are a splendid finishing touch. In 1995 it won an award from The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead for architectural quality |
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| The line drawings on this page are all the work of David Colthup our organist and choir master | |
