Saint John the Baptist Church,
Station Road, Old Colwyn
This web page is to give visitors an appreciation of the inside of
St John’s Church.
The gardens of the Church are established as a wildlife garden
cared for by the community. A page about the garden project
can be read by clicking HERE
To start this exploration of the inside of the church, it is
necessary to explain that the page is dynamic, it will change as
more Information becomes available about the various
windows and artefacts
A view of the Church from the top of the Chancel steps
The Pulpit and organ and also a music cupboard dedicated to Reverend H.I.D. Morgan
The carving on the pulpit is intricate
The sanctuary viewed from the Lectern.
The collection plate
The head of the processional cross
The Lady Chapel altar
To the left of the High Altar a window of St Catherine and St James Major
To the right of the High Altar a window of St Mary BV and St George
On the south wall a window to remember David Edwardes-
1922 died at sea 1942
The Vestry
A clergy picture in the vestry
John Griffiths MA, Vicar of Colwyn Parish 1893 ~ 1932
Dedicated to the Glory of God and memory of James and Eliza Woodall of Old Trafford
and members of their family .
Annotated ~ Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the World
and This is my beloved Son in whom I am pleased; Hear ye him.
Dedicated to Nicola Topping aged 9 years who died in Lusaka, Zambia in 1982.
Annotated Hail Mary and Behold the Handmaid of the Lord.
Dedicated to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Elizabeth Wilding of
Old Colwyn who died January 11th AD 1914.
The window was placed by her Sister Emily Gertrude Horrocks.
Annotated I am the good shepherd and know my sheep and
The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep
Dedicated to the Glory of God and in loving memory of David Pryce Jones
Vicar of Colwyn 1888 ~ 1893. This window was inserted by his wife and children
1903.
Annotated Through the grave and gate of death and We pass to our joyful resurrection .
Dedicated to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Anne Jones, Minafon, Old Colwyn
Who died September 15th 1894.
This window was inserted by her husband 1903.
Windows of St Mary BV ~ St John the Baptist ~ St Elizabeth .
In loving memory of Sarah Louis Morris, third daughter of James Woodhall
of Old Trafford, Manchester. Wife of RWT Morris of Tunbridge Devonshire.
Born July 19th 1836, died March 11th 1907.
and in memory of Ernest Owen Deane.
Warden of the Church 1907 ~1920
Annotated His life was one of quiet and faithful service.
The plaque was placed by his fellow worshippers.
The Font bears an inscription that the cost was defrayed by collections
and offerings by children