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Anglesey
We were perplexed by a reference to "Anglesey" by Donald Green in the NADFAS List at Ely. There was no further information. After some searching and writing to the Rev. Griffith who kindly supplied us with 16 photographs of Windows in St Nidan’s church Brynsiencyn we have come to the conclusion that Green was referring to two Windows Glasby painted, rather than designed. Church of St Gwenfaen, Rhoscolyn, Anglesey Diocese of Bangor Window Morris & Co, designed by John Henry
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
May 21 min read


Log NW 43.St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire.
St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire The installed Work:- Rectangular bronze memorial plaque. Date:- 1925. Location in church:- The Chancel entrance, south side column. Subject:- None. Inscription:- None. Dedication:- “IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS HAMILTON MELLORS CBE KC OF THIS PARISH, BORN MAR 13TH 1854, DIED IN PARIS APRIL 26TH 1925, 10th SON OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR JOHN MELLORS, PC, FOR 14 YEARS JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT MANCHESTER”. “And the Spirit shall return un
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Apr 241 min read


New Work: Log NW 43 St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire
As a result of accessing the Donald Green Archive we have discovered information on some new works by Glasby. This work is at St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire. It is a Rectangular bronze memorial plaque. Quite unusual for Glasby. It was made in 1925 and is paced in the Chancel entrance, south side column. The Dedication reads : “IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS HAMILTON MELLORS CBE KC OF THIS PARISH, BORN MAR 13TH 1854, DIED IN PARIS APRIL 26TH 1925, 10th SON OF THE R
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Apr 241 min read


Log 72: St. Giles, Edingley, Nottinghamshire
We were unable to make contact with this church. But found this information on the Southwell and Nottingham Church history Project: Edingley - Glass West Window The west window matches the Vidimus designed by Glasby Following a petition by Aubrey Trevor Laurence MA, Chancellor of Southwell Diocese, it was granted in December 1925 to the Vicar and Churchwardens of Edingley with Halam 'to provide and place a stained glass window together with an inscription a copy of which is
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Apr 31 min read
Log: NW70 St Stephen Church, Careby, Lincolnshire .
St Stephen Church, Careby, Lincolnshire . The installed Work:- Two Opus Sectile panels surrounded by glazed tiling. Date:- Not known. Location in church:- East wall, behind the Altar. Subject:- Musicians. Inscription:- (from left) “COME UNTO ME FOR I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE”. Memorial Dedication:- None. ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. We do not have a vidimus for this work. The work does not show in Donald Green, Dennis Hadley and Joan Hadley’s report “The life and work o
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 271 min read
New Work: Log 70
In the Green archive we found a mention of Careby in Lincolnshire, but Green had no information on this work. So, in March 2026 John Collins set out with his daughter, Deborah Wiltshire, to visit the church, identified as St Stephen Church, Careby, Lincolnshire . The installed Work comprised Two Opus Sectile panels surrounded by glazed tiling, The subject was Musicians with an Inscription:- (from left) “COME UNTO ME FOR I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE”. But no dedication. It was loca
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 261 min read


St John the Baptist, Corby, 1922 "DORCAS".
When we received the Virginia marketing document there were a number of new Windows/ churches on the list which did not tally with our list of Vidimus or the list of Windows in the Appendix to the Article written by Dennis and Joan Hadley using Donald Green’s research. We have written to the “new” churches asking if they have a Glasby Window. But we began to suspect that Glasby was listing Windows he had painted for Henry Holiday and Morris & Co. One church on the Virgini
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 252 min read


The Mystery of Irish Windows: Christ Church Gorey and Kilgariffe
In September 2025 Marianne Giles, a good friend of Erika, kindly visited the Library of Virginia Archive. There is a Glasby Window at St Mark Church, Log 145. From earlier research we knew there were documents relating to the Window in the Archive. In a “marketing document “ [1] discovered by Marianne we saw several pieces of work which were new for us. This document was hard to read but Erika found 2 copies of the same document in the Donald Green archive. We know that it
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 123 min read
The Glasby Family
In the Donald Green Archive there is a lot of information on the Glasby Family which we presume he found at Henfield Museum. This was not available when we visited and wonder if it has been lost? In particular Green refers to a scrapbook created by Dulcima. Donald Green appears to have access to many notes relating to Dulcima – described as her “scrapbook”, which was in the possession of Mrs Colgate whom Green met on a visit to Henfield. We didn’t find any evidence that he me
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 1216 min read
Visit to the Donald Green Archive at Historic England, February 2026
Finally, Erika visited the Donald Green Archive at Historic England, Swindon. In total there are 39 boxes of non-digitalized and non-catalogued research. The majority of Archive is devoted to William Morris and Co. Boxes 29-36 are devoted to Glasby. Boxes 28-29 contain slides of Glasby Windows. Boxes 35-38 contain typed chronological Correspondence, outgoing from Donald Green. It is very strange that there are no "replies" in the Archive. We presume these are to be found in
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Mar 121 min read
List of the Logs
Log Church Town Country/County 1 Cartoon missing 2 Cartoon missing 3 Cartoon missing 4 Cartoon missing 5 Cartoon missing 6 Cartoon...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Oct 7, 20247 min read


Finding Lost Glasby Windows
We found 67 churches where William Glasby's work is displayed, but where we do have a vidimus. But we also have 37 numbers in the sequence for which we do have a vidimus. So, we presume the missing vidimuses are in all probability related to those 67 churches. We thought we had discovered all the existing Glasby stained glass ... but in April 2024 we received a surprise email from David Chilton who had discovered a new Window at St Mary's Abbotskerswell. David discovered our
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Oct 7, 20243 min read
List of the Logs By Church/Location
Log Church Town County/Country 1 Missing 2 Missing 3 Missing 4 Missing 5 Missing 6 Missing ...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Oct 7, 20248 min read
List of the Logs
Log Church Town Country/County 1 Cartoon missing 2 Cartoon missing 3 Cartoon missing 4 Cartoon missing ...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Jun 13, 20227 min read


Location of Glasby Windows in Great Britain
Our thanks to Professor Richard Disney for creating this map.
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Acknowledgements and Thanks
This was a COVID-19 lockdown project and we are acutely aware of how difficult it has been for churches to function during this time. Also Colleges, Museums and Libraries were closed and staff were working from home. We are very grateful for what were always swift and helpful replies, and for the enthusiasm and support we received as we explained our project. We were also pleased that we could give something back when the history of a particular Window was not known, or had
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20222 min read


Location of Glasby Windows in the World
Our thanks to Professor Richard Disney for creating this map
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Missing Information
Finding all of William Glasby's work has eluded us. It may be that the Church no longer exists, or the commission was not accepted. We...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20221 min read
List of "New Works"
Our research uncovered further works by William Glasby. We started by reseaching the works listed in the 2008 Article "The Life and Work...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20222 min read
List of Logs By the Name of the Church
Church or Synagogue Town Country/County Log All Saints Corston, Wiltshire, 60 All Saints Ffynnongroyw, Flint 78...
Erika Szyszczak and John Collins
Feb 15, 20225 min read

Meet William Glasby
Portfolio of Artwork
The art work on these pages is a mixture of photographs of the original sketches as well as links to photographs of the windows in situ in churches.
Anglesey
We were perplexed by a reference to "Anglesey" by Donald Green in the NADFAS List at Ely. There was no further information. After some searching and writing to the Rev. Griffith who kindly supplied us with 16 photographs of Windows in St Nidan’s church Brynsiencyn we have come to the conclusion that Green was referring to two Windows Glasby painted, rather than designed. Church of St Gwenfaen, Rhoscolyn, Anglesey Diocese of Bangor Window Morris & Co, designed by John Henry
May 21 min read


Log NW 43.St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire.
St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire The installed Work:- Rectangular bronze memorial plaque. Date:- 1925. Location in church:- The Chancel entrance, south side column. Subject:- None. Inscription:- None. Dedication:- “IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS HAMILTON MELLORS CBE KC OF THIS PARISH, BORN MAR 13TH 1854, DIED IN PARIS APRIL 26TH 1925, 10th SON OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR JOHN MELLORS, PC, FOR 14 YEARS JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT MANCHESTER”. “And the Spirit shall return un
Apr 241 min read


New Work: Log NW 43 St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire
As a result of accessing the Donald Green Archive we have discovered information on some new works by Glasby. This work is at St. John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire. It is a Rectangular bronze memorial plaque. Quite unusual for Glasby. It was made in 1925 and is paced in the Chancel entrance, south side column. The Dedication reads : “IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRANCIS HAMILTON MELLORS CBE KC OF THIS PARISH, BORN MAR 13TH 1854, DIED IN PARIS APRIL 26TH 1925, 10th SON OF THE R
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