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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Manorial pew of the St.John Family, St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze

Manorial pew of the St.John Family, St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze
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The St.John family manorial box pew in the south aisle of the church incorporates carved oak panels depicting fruits, flowers and mythical figures including a moustached and breasted merman.

The Jacobean pew was remade in the seventeenth century incorporating the original carved panels from the previous century.

In the nineteenth century the sides of the manorial pew were lowered, making the family more visible to the congregation.



Year:
1603-1625
Artist:
Unknown
Type:
Carving
Location:
South aisle, St. Mary's Lydiard Tregoze
Owner:
St. Mary's Church, Lydiard Tregoze
Copyright:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Credit:
T. Cooper-Tydeman
Last updated on:
Monday 3rd January 2022

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