On Saturday 1^st March we had an excellent talk on Stained Glass in and around Bromyard by Rob Walker author of ‘The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire’.

Rob set the scene with a short video on the making of stained glass and the techniques involved before introducing us to the evolving styles of stained glass from medieval times to the present with examples from across Herefordshire and Shropshire.

It was impressive to hear just how many stained glass makers were operating in the 19^th and early 20^th centuries: some of them familiar names such as Kempe and Burne-Jones but also others less well known.

Rob then talked us through the stained glass of St Peter’s in Bromyard and  many of the local churches including work by Kempe in Bockleton, Hamnish and Tedstone Delamere, Hardman in Thornbury (left) and Burne-Jones at Leysters.

Plenty of inspiration for more informed visits to lots of local churches!