Begin the tourThe Parish Church of St. Martin, Coney Street, founded in the late 1000s and extensively rebuilt in the 1400s, was badly damaged by enemy action in 1942. In 1968 the church was partially restored as a chapel and garden of peace, and rededicated as:
'a shrine of rememberance for all who died in two wars,
a chapel of peace and reconciliation between nations and men'
St.Martin is the patron saint of soldiers. His day is 11th November - Armistice Day.
The church's great West Window, dating from about 1440, is the largest of any parish church in the city. It is 31 feet high and 13 feet 5 inches wide - a magnificent wall of glass, nearly as wide as the original nave. It was restored by J.W.Knowles of York in 1871-3. In 1940 the window was removed for protection. In 1967 it was reinstated in a new position in the restored south aisle of the church.
The window shows scenes from the life of St.Martin of Tours, in thirteen subject panels surrounding a double height figure of the Saint. The fifteen panels are in five lights, over a figure of the donor, Robert Semer.
To view the glass with commentary, click the link below. There is such a wealth of glass that, even with its compressed 'thumbnail' images, the page may be slow to load.