Loggerheads far from home

 

This set of loggerheads is actually in a stained glass window in Oxton Catholic Church in Merseyside, so you might reckon at first that they are a little lost.  However, in this instance, the loggerheads still signify a Shrewsbury connection.
First, Oxton is in the Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury, even though it is a good few miles from the actual town of Shrewsbury.
Secondly, the main body of the window (which is a really lovely work of art) depicts Saint Winefride, who is the patron saint of Shrewsbury, even though she lived in North Wales.

The window was created by a Shrewsbury woman, Margaret Agnes Rope, in 1929 and is one of a number of windows by her in this small church.  All her windows here are sublime and well worth the effort to go and see them if you can. 

A new book has now been published to celebrate 600 years of the loggerheads - click here to find out more.

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