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The Windows
THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AT ST PAUL'S click here to go to our history page and an article on the windows
Detail of one of the 1851 Capronnier windows in the Lounge	Lounge south	Lounge south	Lounge south	Lounge south
Lounge north	Lounge north	Lounge north	Lounge north	Church south side
Church south	War memorial west	War memorial west	South transept east	South transept east
	In gratitude to God for the life and work of Mary Emily Harrison, born October 21, 1855, died March 11, 1934 these windows were erected by her sister Amy Agnes Dugdale and the congregation of St. Paul's Staley.
South transept main window		Sanctuary north	Sanctuary - east window	Sanctuary south
To the glory of God these windows are dedicated as a thank offering by Albert Sidebottom, JP, Hon. Lt. Col. Cheshire Regiment and Elizabeth his wife in the year of our Lord 1914.		To the glory of God and in loving memory of John and Sarah Jane Newton, this window is dedicated by their son, John Arthur.	(Plaque in sanctuary beneath north window) To the Glory of God and for the adornment of his house the East Window was placed in this church by James Buckley of Foxhill, Stayley, AD 1857.	To the Glory of God and in affectionate memory of Robert Platt one of the founders of this church and one of the first patrons of this benefice entered into rest June 13th 1882 aged 79 years.
North transept east	North transept main window	North transept east	Church north side	Church north side
Robert Wilkinson, dedicated by his children.	(1) Sarah Jane (Sissie) Storrs daughter of William and Sarah Storrs, January 27 1839 aged 26 years. (2) William Storrs, J P of Fern Bank, Stalybridge, died June 1 1894 aged 65 years. (3) Sarah Storrs wife of William Storrs, died April 2 1900, aged 71 years.
	Gallery west	Sheriff memorial window - upper room	On stairs in entrance hall
		To the glory of God and in memory of Thomas Holmes Shefiff, MA, Hon.Canon of Chester Cathedral, sometime Rural Dean of Mottram and for 36 years, 1887-1923, Vicar of this Parish.	[In bottom left corner: J.B.Capronnier Bruxellensis Fecit 1879] To Mary Annie Storrs Who departed this life December 4 1877 Aged 10 1/2 years "The damsel is not dead but sleepeth." Mark V=39.
	Detail from windows in upper room	Upper room	Upper Room
Window purchased from a shop in Tasmania, Australia by a correspondent. It was made by the famous 19C maker Jean-Baptiste Capronnier of Brussels in 1873. It carries the inscription "in remembrance of the Reverend W.W. Hoare B.D", who was the first vicar of St Pauls.