Kara N Kierons Alveley Old Chapel Micro Traditional Cache
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Kara N Kierons Alveley Old Chapel Micro
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"Saint Mary The Virgin", Alveley was built around 1140 and is a Norman structure comprising of a Chancel, Nave, Lady Chapel, West Tower and aisles. When you enter the church the first thing you see is the font, which is reputed to date from around 1870. Inscribed around it in Greek is a palindrome which roughly translated reads" Wash my sin, not my face only" although local Alveley people know the translation as - " Not only to wash my face but my sins also" The Tower Arch is Norman and high up in the window of the vestry are three roundels of old painted glass all of which are believed to have originally belonged to the Chapel at Coton. The Tower dates from 1779 when the wooden steeple was removed and replaced with the present stone one. The seven bells in the Belfry were made in 1779 and are still rung every Sunday. Near the vestry in the floor is a brass commemorating John Grove, founder of Alveley Church school who died in 1616, aged 56. The Lady Chapel (also known as Coton Chantry Chapel) was built about 1353. It is a loveley peaceful part of the building separated from the main part of the church by ornamental railings. On the walls of the chapel are several memorials to past Lords of The Manor and members of their families. The rerdos around the altar are by C E Kempe and are painted on Zinc depicting The Nativity, Cruxifixtion and Descent from the Cross. On the south wall of the chapel are the faded remains of a fourteenth century mural discovered during the church restoration of the 1870's. The churchyard is full of interesting monuments including the remains of a 14th century stone medieval cross. The oldest gravestone in the churchyard dates from 1635.
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