Stained Glass Windows
Our Lady & All Saints is home to some beautiful stained glass windows, reflecting the history of the church
The Rose Window in the Eastern Wall (above the High Altar)
The centre of the window depicts the Virgin Mary.
In an inner circle running clockwise and starting at one o’clock are twelve female Saints:
St Margaret, St Ethelreda, St Sativola, St Winifrede, St Scholastica, St Agatha, St Walburga,
St Ursula, St Cecilia, St Lucy, St Catherine, St Agnes
(St Sativola is the Patron of Millers, Richard and Hugh Ainscough belonging to a Milling family)
In the outer circle and following the same direction are twelve male Saints:
St Paul, St Bede, St Thomas Becket, St Thomas More, St Benedict, St Joachim,
St Edward the Confessor, St George, St Alban, St Gregory, St Peter, St Joseph
The Windows on the North (left) side of Church
From the rear of Church and from left to right in each Window
1. Saint James the Apostle
In memory of James Ainscough (1858-1933) – Son of Hugh Ainscough – see below
2. Saint Hugh of Lincoln and Saint Richard of Chichester
In memory of the Founders of the Church,
Hugh Ainscough (1816-1894) and Richard Ainscough (1818-1877)
3. Saint John Rigby
Local Lancashire Martyr from Harrock Hall, in the Parish
4. Saint John the Baptist and Saint Wilfrid of Ripon
In memory of Father Wilfrid Darby OSB, Parish Priest 1917-1928
5. War Memorial – First World War 1914-1919
The Risen Christ and the Guardian Angels
The Virgin Mary and Saint Michael
“You have redeemed us having suffered the Cross: may such great labour not be in vain”
The Windows in the western wall (rear of Church)
1. Our Lady of Lourdes
and St Bernadette
Given by the Polding Family
2. St Helen holding the true Cross
The Windows on the South (right) side of Church
From the rear of Church and from left to right in each Window
1. Saint Ildephonsus and Saint Laurence, Patrons of Ampleforth Abbey
In memory of Abbot Ildephonsus Brown OSB, Parish Priest 1891-1917
2. The Virgin Mary and St Joseph
In memory of Abbot Ildephonsus Brown OSB, Parish Priest 1891-1917
3. Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Benedict
In memory of Abbot Ildephonsus Brown OSB, Parish Priest 1891-1917
The Windows on the South side of the Lady Chapel
1. Saint Herman and Saint Alexius
In memory of Abbot Alexius Chamberlain OSB, Parish Priest 1946-1956
Above the Lady Altar
1. The Virgin Mary, surrounded by Saint George and Saint Joan of Arc