History 2
NORTH AISLE
Churches in the U.K. are usually built on an east-west axis, so the North Aisle is on your left as you face the altar. On the wall near the North door is a list of the 57 rectors who have served the parish since 1210, three of whom later became bishops. There are fourteen wall plaques commemorating parishioners. One, a brass dated 1572, naming Robert Lee, and Katherine his wife, was found under floor tiles when the church was rebuilt. Another remembers W'illiam Baker, a merchant sailor whose ship was lost with all hands in March 1809. Of the plaques to the Du Pre and Grenfell family of Wilton park, one is to 23 year old Lieutenant R F Grenfell, killed in battle. at Khartoum in 1898, whose sword hangs on the wall. There are three Grenfell memorial windows. One depicts David and Jonathon in memory of twin brothers, both of whom were killed in World War I. Francis was the first recipient of the Victoria Cross in that war. The second window depicts the Holy Family, and the third, designed by Ninian Comper, shows Nimrod the hunter and St. Hubert, the patron Saint of hunters. An ornate gilded wood Baroque armchair of Spanish design was presented by Benjamin Disraeli in 1876 when he became Earl of Beaconsfield. In the floor at the East end of this aisle are five black ledger slabs, all the members of the Waller family of Gregories. Notice the entwined hearts of Thomas (d.1626) and his wife Dorothy.
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