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Cheriton Bishop

The old rood screen is gone from the nave, but a modern one has been erected in its place, and suffers by comparison with a portion of the ancient screen remaining in the north aisle. This old screen consists of two bays and the doors, the groining and cresting are gone, but some of the old cornice of grape leaves and fruit remains, and the lower panels contain paintings of saints, in a very dilapidated condition, they are so worn it is difficult to say what saints they are intended to represent. In the panels on the north side are figures of three bishops; one with his head in his hands; and a figure, apparently of a monk, in a white habit; in all there are twelve figures remaining; part of the old rood staircase can be seen behind the pulpit.
On the south nave wall are 2 hangings of the remains of older sections of the screen figures. It is impossible to work out who they signify. Now they are an emblem of past disfigurement or deglect.


Cheriton Bishop

01: St Blaise, St Denys

Cheriton Bishop

02: St Bernard? St Eligius

Cheriton Bishop

03: Old Testament prophets?

Cheriton Bishop

04: Old Testament prophets?

Cheriton Bishop

05: St Francis, St Erasmus,

Cheriton Bishop

06: St Leodegar (Boniface), Edward the Confessor

Cheriton Bishop

07: Damaged

Cheriton Bishop

08: Damaged



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