Odd Fellows banner displayed in St Bartholomew's Church.

Embroidered about 1875 with the word Queen replaced by King after Queen Victoria's death

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The Odd Fellows' Hall was built in 1870.

"Odd Fellows, or Oddfellows, also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows 

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"Former Rectory [in Main Street] now house; 1847 by Charles Kirk of Sleaford"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062394 

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Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"Public Elementary School (mixed), built in 1880, at a cost of £1,000, for 105 children; Edgar Sykes, master; Mrs. Sykes, mistress; Arthur Musson, attendance officer"

Is now Ingoldsby Academy (in Lenton Road)

http://www.ingoldsbyacademy.co.uk/content/about-us 

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"The present building dates back to the late Norman period, with columns in the north aisle dating from the twelfth century.

The church has a traditional plan of chancel and nave with two side aisles.

The south aisle contains rare fragments of medieval stained glass thought to be from a "Coronation of the Virgin" window"

https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/news/golden-future-st-bartholomew-ingoldsby 

Peter Kirk Collection, 26 August 1990

"Parish Church; C12, C14, C15, C16, Cl7, c.1700 with C19 alterations"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states :-

"The church of St. Bartholomew is a building of stone in the Norman and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, supported on three fine arches and containing 3 bells:

the font is ancient:

in 1858 the north aisle was new roofed and the interior generally renovated:

in 1898 the south aisle was new roofed, refloored and reseated, the north and east walls of the chancel rebuilt and a new roof put on:

the reredos was presented by the Rev. W. A. H. Thorold M.A. Rector of Stainby 1877-1905 and 1908-9:

there are 200 sittings.

The register dates from the year 1566.

The living is rectory, net yearly value £390, including 66 acres of glebe, with residence, built in 1847, in the gift of Christ's College, Cambridge, and held since 1918 by the Rev. Arthur Kaye Bowstead M.A. of that college"

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One of two fine C16 chairs in the chancel.

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A second C16 chair in the chancel with the carved figures of Adam & Eve

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Like most boot scapers outside village churches, the 'one-off' model at Ingoldsby was almost certainly made by a local blacksmith. The method of fixing - to the church wall - is unusual.

April 2018

Late C12 stiff leaf capital.

Westernmost pier on the north side of the nave.

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Looking east towards the altar.

"The chancel has been shortened and largely rebuilt in C19 and all windows are reset.

The C15 east window; set high up, has 3 lights with unusual curvilinear tracery"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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C20 altar rails.

Two fine C16 chairs just visible either side of the altar. 

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"In the south aisle east window are C14 glass fragments reset and dated "JH 1801 CW"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549

To each side there are angels with censers for spreading incense and in the center is Christ who would have been crowning his mother Mary as Queen of Heaven.

Unfortunately the figure of Mary is missing.

The window was broken possibly during the reformation and the remaining pieces reassembled in 1801.  

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"The octagonal font is C15 with shields in cusped panels and stem with traceried designs"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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A second view of the font.

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The three-bay north nave arcade dates from the late twelfth century. The round piers have square abaci with nicked corners. The capitals have Norman upright leaves.

Mark Acton, 2018

Looking west towards the tower arch and font.

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Looking east towards the chancel.

"The 3 bay north arcade is late C12 with double chamfered semi- circular arches on semi-circular piers with circular bases on square blocks"

"The 3 bay south arcade is c.1700 with double splay pointed arches with Doric capitals and cylindrical piers on cushion bases"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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Looking east with the Odd Fellows banner displayed on the north wall.

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Looking west towards the newly installed servery.

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"The C16 south porch has a roll moulded plinth and a string course and a blocked triangular headed east window.

The plain moulded parapet conceals a lead roof, which is drained by a defaced gargoyle with a ruff.

The porch opening has been recut in C19"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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C20 pulpit.

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"The nave roof is C16 with large tie beams and braces to corbels"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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Looking east, past the parish bier, towards the Coronation of the Virgin window.

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Looking west.

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"The south door is C15 with hood mould over having shield label stops.

The door has C15 ogee decoration and a wicket with an ogee head"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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"In the south aisle is a C15 tomb recess with damaged cusped decoration"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549

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"C16 ashlar rather squat 3 stage tower "

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1146549 

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The First World War memorial to the fallen of the parish.

Mark Acton, 2018

Roll of Honour displayed beneath the war memorial.

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Former chapel in Chapel Lane is now a private house. 

In "A List And Brief Details Of Chapels In The Grantham Circuit Past And Present" prepared by Colin Shepherdson & Allen G Griffin October 1996 (Revised August 1998) it is stated that

"The chapel was erected in 1863, and can be found along a public footpath off Chapel Lane and behind some modern bungalows.

The chapel is still in use with a membership of 3"

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An earlier view of the chapel when it was still in use.

Geoff Swain Collection 9 May 1994