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Window
7.
Great West Window (Clayton & Bell 1893)
On a brass on wall under Great
West window: To the Glory of God and in affectionate
remembrance of the late Francis Goolden F.R.C.S. of the
Wilderness, Maidenhead. Churchwarden of this
parish from the consecration of the church Aug: 23rd
1866, until his death Feb: 15th 1892.
The above window has been inserted and this wall
decorated by his friends and relatives in the year of
our Lord 1893.
Dr Goolden is said to have been a major donor in the
building of the church and his profession may be why it
was dedicated to St Luke who was a doctor.
Top: In the centre the Lamb of God holding a
pennant. Below the Lamb and on each side roundels bear
an angel with multicoloured wings holding a scroll with
the words “Holy, Holy, Holy” The rest of the window
above and below the transom is arranged into five
lights.
Upper lights:
Scenes from the New Testament: (i) The
Annunciation; (ii) The
Last Supper; (iii) The
Crucifixion; (iv) The
Resurrection; (v) The
Descent of the Holy Spirit.
Lower lights:
Scenes from the Old Testament: (i) Adam
& Eve; (ii) Falling
of Manna; (iii) Brazen
Serpent; (iv) Jonah
delivered from the Whale; (v) Moses
& the giving of the Law.
Some of this window was put up before Goolden’s
death in 1892. By Nov 1883 the centre light had been
filled with painted glass by Messrs Clayton & Bell
(The Brazen Serpent and the Crucifixion), the cost of
the light being £74 10s (The Gospeller for S. Luke’s,
Maidenhead, p 4). It seems the early glass may have been
too thick/dark for in 1892 “Mr Bell of the well known
firm of Clayton & Bell visited the church to inspect
the west window and has promised to send a design for
carrying out the work which will include a lightening*
of the part already inserted and to complete the window
following the original plan” (SLPM June 1892 no 18
p6). The Goolden Memorial Fund closed at £427. 10. 3 (SLPM
Aug 1892 no 20 p6). Details of Goolden’s funeral in
SLPM March 1892 p3. *other early glass in the chancel
may also have been too thick, possibly why the chancel
was re-ordered in 1952.
The fresco underneath the window was of the four
evangelists (St Matthew, St Mark, St Luke and St John)
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