New Work. Log 26.St Luke’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

New Work. St Luke’s, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

The Work:- Single Light.

Date:- 1922 – 1929 and 1931. See below.

Location:- Chancel.

Subject:- Ascension.

Inscription:- None.

Dedication:- “To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Adelaide Anne Mitchell

Member of this church and benefactress of this parish.

Departed 23rd May 1922”.

Note:- This dedication is spread between Log 173, this Log and Log 174.

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Henfield Museum does not have a cartoon for this work.

Glasby’s name and a date are not shown.

Regarding date of the work see the article:- Donald Green, Dennis Hadley and Joan Hadley, “The life and work of William Glasby (1863 – 1941)”, The Journal of Stained Glass, vol xxxii (2008), 91 – 106.

See also Logs 172 to 176 at Henfield.

St Lukes Tunbridge Wells

The five stained glass windows located behind the altar were dedicated on 11th May 1924, the central three given by the parish to the memory of Adelaide Anne Mitchell, the left one to the memory of Edward Maugham Kelsey (the Vicar’s Warden from 1911 – 1918) by his brother Mr. A. R. Kelsey, while the Vicar Rev. A. D. Ferrier - Rowe, gave the right one in memory of his mother. The windows all depict stories from St. Luke’s Gospel — The Annunciation, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Christ’s Ascension, and Christ and the Doctors — with the  fifth one being of St. Luke and St. Paul, taken from 2 Timothy.

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With thanks to Christine Stevens for data supplied during 2021.

(c) Erika Szyszczak and John Collins 2 May 2026