Ashby St Ledgers, Church

Discoveries

This picture shows a very small part of the Passion Cycle which is situated over the Chancel arch and continues on the spandrels of both the North and South of the central aisle of the Nave. These paintings are in two series; 14c and late 15c and were uncovered by Professor E.W.Tristam in 1927 when he applied a "wax preservative". In the 1960's the Eve Baker Trust "dewaxed" them and in the Mid 1990's the late Miss Anna Hulbert did conservation work thereon. These paintings form one of the most extensive cycles to be found in this country. Copies are lodged in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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