This window came originally from St. Michael’s Church, Bongate, near Appleby in Cumbria which is now a private residence and craft centre. The church is pictured above as it was undergoing conversion. The window, at the east end (right, in shadow on the picture) was exchanged for one of plain glass.

The inscriptions on the window relate to families local to that area. The window replacement was funded by a family local to All Saints in memory of deceased parents.

The centre light shows Christ, crucified. To the left is his mother, the Virgin Mary, at the time of the Annunciation. She carries a stem of Madonna lilies and an open book in which are the first words of the Magnificat. These words are also on a scroll around her head.

On the right is the figure of St. Nicholas, dressed in his bishop’s robes of cope and mitre. He holds a crosier to which are tied the three small money bags with which he bought freedom from a life of degradation for three young girls. The legend has it that he dropped the bags down their chimney in secret (the origin of the Santa Claus legend).

The small picture at the bottom is of the Archangel Michael standing on the defeated devil, a dragon-like creature. He holds a spear which is also in the form of a cross …?.the victory of good over evil.

In the small top lights angels hold scrolls with the Latin words of the Gloria.

The trademark wheatsheaf of the Kempe workshop can be found near the left foot of the figure of St. Nicholas.

This window is distinguished from the other Kempe windows in the church by its predominantly blueshade.