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STAINED GLASS WINDOWS HEREFORDSHIRE

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As a material the term stained glass generally refers to glass that has been coloured by adding metallic salts during its manufacture. The coloured glass is crafted into stained glass windows in which small pieces of glass are arranged to form patterns or pictures, held together (traditionally) by strips of lead and supported by a rigid frame. Painted details and yellow stain are often used to enhance the design. The term stained glass is also applied to windows in which all the colours have been painted onto the glass and then annealed in a furnace. Stained glass, as an art and a craft, requires the artistic skill to conceive an appropriate workable design, and the engineering skills necessary to assemble the decorative piece, traditionally a window, so that it will fit snugly into the window frame for which it is made and also, especially in the larger windows, is capable of supporting its own weight and surviving the elements. Many large windows have withstood the test of time and remained substantially intact since the late Middle Ages. In Western Europe they constitute the major form of pictorial art to have survived. In this context, the purpose of a stained glass window is not to allow those within a building to see the world outside or even primarily to admit light but rather to control it. For this reason stained glass windows have been described as 'illuminated wall decorations'.

. County of Herefordshire Herefordshire Geography Status Ceremonial county Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan county Unitary authority Origin Historic Region West Midlands Area: - Total - District Ranked 26th 2,180 km² Ranked 3rd Admin HQ Hereford ISO 3166-2 GB-HEF ONS code 00GA NUTS 3 UKG11 Demographics Population - Total (2007 est.) - Density - District Ranked 45th 178,400[1] 82 / km² Ranked 84th Ethnicity 99.1% White Politics Arms of County of Herefordshire District Council Herefordshire Council http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/ Executive Conservative MPs * Paul Keetch (LD) * Bill Wiggin (C) Herefordshire (pronounced ['herəfədʃə]) is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. It also forms a unitary district known as the County of Herefordshire. It borders the English ceremonial counties of Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the southeast, and the Welsh preserved counties of Gwent to the south west and Powys to the west. Hereford is a cathedral city and is the county town; with a population of approximately 50,000 inhabitants it is also the largest settlement. The county is one of the most rural and least densely populated in England, being a largely agricultural area which is primarily known for its fruit and cider production, and the world famous Hereford cattle breed.

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