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

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

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

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

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

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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

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Our thanks to Professor Richard Disney for creating this map.

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

Our thanks to Professor Richard Disney for creating this map

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...

Our research uncovered further works by William Glasby. We started by reseaching the works listed in the 2008 Article "The Life and Work...

Church or Synagogue Town Country/County Log All Saints Corston, Wiltshire, 60 All Saints Ffynnongroyw, Flint 78...

In an Appendix at the end of their Article Green et al (2008) list the known Windows designed by William Glasby. The John Collins' archive shows that Glasby designed more Windows than was known in 2008. This is because the sketches were with Diane Collins and unknown to the authors. The Collins' archive also reveals that some commissions were not taken up. Here we correlate the 2008 list with the Logs in the Collins and Henfield Museum archives. Appendix to Donald Green, Denn

These sketches are held by Henfield Museum. Henfield Museum - Home Our thanks to the curator, Alan Barwick for giving us access to the...

Early Life William Glasby was born on 28 December 1863, in the Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street, St Giles, Camden. His father was William Henry, a carpet warehouse porter, and his mother was Rebecca. They lived in Waterloo Road, London. Richard Platell, who lives in Australia has carried out extensive research on the Glasby family. he writes to us in an email: "William Glasby was a nephew of my 2 nd -great grandmother, Elizabeth Sophia Glasby. I have built up an extensive

William Glasby was a prolific designer and painter of stained glass windows and creator of opus sectile mosaics for churches and...

How these sketches came into the possession of John Collins is a story in itself. William Glasby died in 1941 and his work was continued by his two daughters (Barbara and Dulcima) and Danks and Blackford. Neither daughter married, nor had children. When Dulcima died in a nursing home on 22 March 1975 there were many sketches and documents found in the attic and most were destroyed. But the Vidimus were saved but there appears to be some dispute over the ownership of the