St Matthew, Midgham

This church's spire dominates the area and I first spotted it while walking along the River Kennet. I was on the cards for a visit.

On going through the gate you get this view of the church with the path splitting in two

The cross you see is the village war memorial

After taking the right hand path you go round the south side of the church

Walking back round to the north side show the church to be well balanced out in respect of how it is laid out

The steeple is very impressive looking up

Below are a set of family graves

Below the east end window you can see this single cross

The far corner of the churchyard

On going inside the church is quite big and on this occasion some of the church volunteer ladies were making floral displays for the Sunday service

One thing I liked was the arches on either side of the nave with the chancel arch at the end

Looking through the arch to the chancel

The chancle window

Looing the other way towards the end of the nave

The font with it's font cover. I've seen a few large ones like this but none to beat Ewelm church. The organ looks to have been built for where it was placed

This stained gall window is a memorial window and it's not the first time I have come across one like it. The other is in a church with the same window only slightly different colors. When I mentioned this to some one they said they were mass produced. Some thing new to me