Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire Churches

Windows by Alexander Gibbs - Maker

Alexander Gibbs (c.1831-1886) was one of three sons of Isaac Alexander Gibbs (1802-51) who became stained-glass designers. The family firm was established around 1848, but split in 1858. Alexander Gibbs' studio was still functioning as Alexander Gibbs & Co. until 1915. Among his major commissions was the west window of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton (1862) and that for All Saints, Margaret Street (1877). He was a close collaborator of William Butterfield. The earliest commission Butterfield seems to have entrusted to Gibbs was about 1860, St John's, Newbury, Berkshire, now destroyed. Gibbs was also a talented artist on tile. In 1874 he executed tile panels for the north wall of All Saints, Margaret Street, and c.1865 had executed a wonderfully colourful set known as 'The Shakespeare', possibly for a Manchester pub. His own workshop, The Bloomsbury Stained Glass Works, was originally in London at 38 Bedford Square, but moved in 1876 to Bloomsbury Street.

19 Windows, listed in Church Order

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Window	Location	Church	Date	Craftsmen
	East	St James in Boarstall	1884?	Alexander Gibbs
	Nave S (C)	St Lawrence in Broughton (MK)	†1864	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel N	St Lawrence in Broughton (MK)	†1858	Alexander Gibbs
	East	St Anne in Dropmore	1866	Alexander Gibbs
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	Behind Organ	St Anne in Dropmore	1866	Alexander Gibbs
	Nave N (2E)	St Margaret in Iver Heath	†1884	Alexander Gibbs
	West	St Margaret in Iver Heath	†1891	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel S (W)	All Saints in Milton Keynes, Village	†1864	Alexander Gibbs
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	East	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel S (E)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel S (C)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel S (W)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
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	S aisle E	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1860	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel N (W)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	Chancel N (E)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	S aisle S (E)	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1862	Alexander Gibbs
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	High East	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1894	Alexander Gibbs
	Organ Chamber N	St Peter & Paul in Newport Pagnell	1858	Alexander Gibbs
	East	St Laud in Sherington	Unknown	Alexander Gibbs

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Stained Glass of Buckinghamshire Churches