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Ward and Hughes (formerly Ward and Nixon) was the name of an English company producing
stained-glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...
windows.


History

Ward and Hughes was proceeded by the company Ward and Nixon, whose studio was at 67
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St Stephen Coleman Street St. Stephen's Church, Coleman Street, also called "St Stephen's in the Jewry", was a church in the City of London, at the corner of Coleman Street and what is now Gresham Street (and in Coleman Street Ward), first mentioned in the 12th century. I ...
, London. James Henry Nixon worked on the restoration of the famous medieval stained glass at St. Neots in Cornwall as early as 1829. The firm became a favourite of Charles Winston, which helped them gain prestigious commissions like the east window of Lincoln Cathedral. In 1857 Nixon died and his pupil, Henry Hughes, became the partner of Thomas Ward, and the business was renamed Ward and Hughes. Henry Hughes died on the 17th February 1883 and was buried in a family vault (no.14843) on the western side of
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. T. F. Curtis took over the firm and continued production as T. F. Curtis, Ward and Hughes until the late 1920s.


Works by Ward and Hughes

* St. Michael's Church, Sowton,
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* Church of the Good Shepherd, Brighton,
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* St. Mary's Church,
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* St. Andrew's Church,
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* St. Peter's Church, Dunton, Norfolk * All Saints' Church,
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, Norfolk * St. Peter's Church, Ellingham, Norfolk * St. Margaret's Church, Felthorpe, Norfolk * All Saints' Church, Filby, Norfolk * St. Mary the Virgin Church, Staverton,
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* St. John the Evangelist's Church, Essington,
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* St. Mary's Church, Billingshurst,
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* St. James' Church, Draycot Cerne,
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See also

* Stained glass - British glass, 1811-1918 *
Victorian Era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edward ...
* Gothic Revival


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British stained glass artists and manufacturers Glassmaking companies of England Defunct glassmaking companies Defunct companies of England British companies established in 1836 1836 establishments in England {{Glass-art-stub