Ashley

St George’s Chapel

The white marble monument by Emil Fuchs, an Austrian-born sculptor and painter based in England, is a memorial to Maud Ashley, wife of Wilfred Ashley, Lord Mount Temple. She died from tuberculosis in 1911 at the age of 30, leaving two daughters: to the right Mary (later Lady Delamere) and to the left Edwina Ashley, who married Louis Mountbatten and became Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

St George’s Chapel contains 'Christus Rex' (Christ the King), another statue by Peter Eugene Ball. It was installed here in 2013.

The window above shows St Michael the Archangel fighting the dragon; it was made in 1897 by Charles Eamer Kempe. Notice the beautiful peacock feathers, a device often used by Kempe.

Below this are a selection of medieval floor tiles from the 13th and 14th centuries.

On the wall nearby is a board listing all the known abbesses of Romsey.

Now turn left (west) into the North Choir Aisle.

Romsey Abbey - An Introductory Tour
  1. Welcome to Romsey Abbey
  2. The West End
  3. William Petty
  4. The Abbess's Doorway
  5. St Nicholas’ Chapel – the South Transept
  6. The Threadgold Treasury
  7. The French Glass
  8. St Anne’s Chapel
  9. St Ethelflaeda’s Chapel
  10. St Mary’s Chapel
  11. St George’s Chapel
  12. North Choir Aisle
  13. The Sanctuary
  14. The Chancel
  15. Saxon Foundations
  16. St Lawrence’s Chapel – the North Transept
  17. North Nave Aisle
  18. The Shop Area
  19. The South Garth
  20. A Message from the Vicar, the Revd Thomas Wharton