The first window on the left on leaving the chapel shows Jesus at His baptism, the point at which he was first publicly acknowledged as God’s son. Jesus holds a lamb and carried a cross: the inscription identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God. The accompanying window shows John the Baptist, bearded and clothed in sandals and skins. The inscription alludes to the prophecy, “ behold, I send my messenger before me”. This is another memorial window, installed when the church was opened, commemorating Richard Race of Tanfield House, just a couple of hundred yards away on Millfield Road. He provided the land on which St Mary’s was built. It was a generous gift: the original site was much larger than the one the Church now occupies, stretching from Millfield Road to Green Lane, large enough to contain a very substantial Parish Hall (much larger than its successor), and associated classrooms, as well as tennis courts for the use of the Vicar (and the parishioners). The Hall was demolished in the early 1960s: it needed extensive repair, which the parish could not afford. The present Parish Centre was paid for by the sale of the Hall site, which is now occupied by bungalows and gardens. The next windows commemorate Richard Race’s wife, Phoebe. They depict St Christopher carrying the infant Christ through a swirling river, and next to him St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093. The legend of St Christopher is well known. Anselm is perhaps less familiar. He was a noted theologian, whose greatest work was “Cur Deus Homo” (why God became Man). This is alluded to in the window: it is reckoned to be one of the most important treatises on the doctrine of the Incarnation. As Archbishop, he fell foul of King William 2nd , which was not difficult: he was not at home in the world of politics and government, and spent a period in exile – but he avoided the fate of his later successor Thomas Becket, and died peacefully.