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1 Aerial View & Main views
2 Lychgate Entrance and West Door
3 Around the Outside of the church
4 Inside the church
5 The Village : a few pictures around the village close to the church.
6 Guide to the stained glass windows
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The lychgate adorned with flowers for a wedding
Through the lychgate to the west door
From the church side
Across the High Street to the pub and green
Up the High St. Bollards out for wedding cars
Lychgate and west door from the High St.
The lytchgate from the south porch
The lychgate from the green
The west door looking north. Wedding photos are usually taken here in front of the door
The west door looking towards the south porch which is used for normal access
From the south - the spire has a new copper panel which has still to weather to the distinctive green and which stands as a landmark in the local area.
In early spring. In summer this view is obscured by the lime trees. Taken from the 'New Churchyard', formed in 1921 when the graveyard was extended, showing the old boundary wall.
From the SE corner of the graveyard in spring. The graveyard is full for burials but we have a designated area for ashes interment.
From the south east in early spring - the curved wall is the Lady Chapel. The foundation stone is just visible - the light stone on the right buttress of the cancel.
From the southeast of the old graveyard through the trees in summer.
The war memorial - popies laid on Rememberance Sunday and the east window of the chancel. The memorial is surrounded by four clipped yews.
The war memorial in the new churchyard with the church visible through early spring trees. We have the Act of Rememberance service here each year.
The whole church from the new churchyard which was formed in 1921. The old, ivy covered, boundary wall of the main churchyard can be seen.
From the NE corner. You can see the white foundation stone on the chancel buttress.
From the NE corner. The flat roofed section is the vestry and the pitched roof ajoining is over the organ area.
The north side of the church from the front (NW). Showing the ashes burial plot in the foreground and the church north entrance. Note the row of small clerestory windows high in the nave and the tower to the right.
The tower and parapet copper spire from the north side of the church. The spire stands as a distinctive landmark in the area.
The lychgate from north side of church showing the two yew trees and the tower to the left
The tower and west door. Ashes burial plot in the foreground and to the right one of the two yews that stand at the front of the church.
The tower from the front showing the clock face. The clock used to be wound by hand twice a week but was electrified in 1988, it chimes on the hour.
South side of the church showing the south door. The burials in the foreground are the earliest in the churchyard.
The south door looking back towards the lychgate. This is the usual entrance to the church.
From the back of the nave on the north side.
Looking east from the back of the nave the central section shown here will seat 159 with each pew seating 5.
The chancel steps looking east with the east window and high altar.
Looking west from the chancel. To the left and right the choir stalls; the two columns of the rood screen; the full length of the nave and at the far end the tower and the west door. The chancel floor is variously coloured marble.
Near the front of the nave showing rood screen and pupit. You can also see the chancel, altar and east window.
Taken from the north aisle looking towards the back of the church. The font is at the far end.
The font at the west end of the north aisle. The pascal candle stands in the corner.
The west door looking out with the lychgate in the distance (exit for wedding party)!
The front of the nave showing the rood screen, the pulpit on the left and lectern on the right.
The Lady Chapel. Note the five narrow stained-glass windows
The Sanctuary and east window. The floor is coloured mable.
Lady Chapel Altar
The Altar is laid up for an 8.00am Communion service
The Sanctuary
On the far left is the aumbry (wall safe) moving to the right we have the Bishops Chair, foward slightly is an acolyte candle and cusion for the server (the same on the other side), to the right of the altar is the credence table (used to store requirements at the communion service), in the corner the piscina (disposal for water) and at the far right the sedilia (wall seat). To the front is the altar rail.
The High Altar
Laid up for a communion service, at the rear we have 6 candleticks and a cross.
Boundary Rd. looking towards the church showing Taplow 'gate'
Across the fields by Boundary Rd.
Boundary Rd. in spring, with the church spire.
The spire though the trees from Boundary Rd. The distinctive green spire somewhat spoiled by the replacement panels yet to turn green.
The village green with Rectory Rd. cottages and the church.
The church from Wellbank with Rectory Rd. in the foreground.
The church from Rectory Rd.
Looking across the green with the church tower just visible behind the early spring leaves.The road to the school is in the foreground.
The tower taken from the High St. The churchyard has two large yew trees at the front.
The tower lerking behind early spring trees. Taken from the green.
The High St. with the church lychgate and front wall.
The High St. looking up, churchyard railings on the right.
High St. looking down. The first house was once a shop. The church spire towers over.
Looking down the High St. The village hall on the right and the steps to the car park.
The Porches at the top of the High St.
The Porches - looking down the High St.
The entrance to St.Nicolas CE School taken from the top corner of the village green. The road continues on the right to the free car park & village hall. Click here to go to the school website
Rectory Rd. with, on the far left, 'St. Nicolas' House'; to the right of which the double fronted brick buiding is the Oak & Saw pub; then the row of cottages; on the extreme right, the front wall of the Rectory. The road in the foreground leads to the School & car park .
The old post office on Rectory Rd. This was the last shop in the village to close. The back of the property ajoins the churchyard. The post box is still used!
The Oak & Saw, said to be the only pub in England with that name.
The pub from the corner of the green.
THE VILLAGE GREEN FROM THE NW CORNER
On the far left of the picture with its tiled roof is the village hall; to the right of which is Pax Cottage, with the white window; between the two central trees is 'the village seat' and just to the left of the right tree you can make out the tower & spire of the church; moving across the green in the very far distance (too far to see) on the horizon, is Windsor Castle; coming back nearer is the Oak & Saw pub and further right the row of cottages along Rectory Rd; to the right again, obscured by the bushes, is the front wall of the Rectory; the road running across the picture joining Rectory Rd. leads to the St. Nicolas' CE School which is just to the left of the picture; the road continues on to the free car park to the left of the village hall. This picture was taken in early spring before the leaves obscure much of the view.
TAPLOW VILLAGE GREEN
Rectory Rd. on the left & High St. corner, with the Oak & Saw pub & green. The leaves on the trees are just forming.
THE VILLAGE
This is a rather distorted ultra wide angle view of the village. On the left is Rectory Rd. with the cottages and pub; in the centre the village green with the large plane tree in the front corner; just to the left of which, way across the green, you can see the white apex frontage of St.Nicolas' CE School; to the right of the tree in the distance is the village hall; slightly further to the right is Pax Cottage and the road to the right of the picture is the High St. with the church railings and lychgate.