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The East Window
The heraldry of the East Window has been interpreted by Dr David Woolf, Sacristan at St. Martin's, with the aid of Saints, Signs and Symbols: A Concise Dictionary by W. Ellwood Post (published by SPCK ISBN 0 281 02894 X).
A a white dove with the gold nimbus, blue pile, green mount, all on
a silver field St. David, Principal Patron of Wales.
B a gold escarbuncle on a blue field St. Martin of Tours, Patron of the Parish.
C a gridiron St. Lawrence. (Traditionally black on a silver field, but here gold on a red martyr's field). At one time there was a Guild of St. Lawrence in the parish.
D three silver lilies on a blue field The Blessed Virgin Mary.
E a gold eagle rising and nimbus) St. John the Evangelist. (Traditionally the eagle is shown on a blue field, but here the artist has selected red, presumably to balance the alternating red and blue fields of the other devices around the central figure
F a silver swan on a blue field St. Hugh of Lincoln.
G
the arms of the Dawney family.
Therefore, reading the lower panels of the window from right to left, the heraldic code is “Hugh” + “St. John” + “Dawney”. The memorial stone giving the dedication of the East window is set into the East wall of the North porch of the church in memory of Hugh St. John Dawney.