ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH POINT OF INTEREST

Beneath the chancel arch, the oak rood screen divides the nave from the chancel. Like the rood screen, the other wooden furnishings in St Martin’s are largely 19th–20th century. The exception is the Georgian pulpit, which is known to have had a sounding board above it in the early 19th century. The nave was once furnished with box pews, but these were replaced with chairs c. 1814.  The pews we see today date from about 1900.

The other piece of furniture of note is the oak credence table, to the right of the altar. This was made by the famous Robert ‘Mouseman’ or ‘Mousey’ Thompson of Kilburn (1876–1955), whose nickname derives from the signature mouse he carved into each piece, in this case on the leg of the table.