Publications

A study of ecclesiastical stained glass windows was published as Stained Glass from Welsh Churches in 2014. It covered stained glass from all periods and included examples from different denominations from around 450 buildings across Wales.

An occasional series of studies of stained glass at particular locations in Wales have been produced by Martin Crampin since 2013, which are available at the churches and from Sulien Books.

Stained glass has also featured strongly in books and articles by Martin Crampin on the imagery of saints in Wales, published from 2020–24.

Further useful studies with a specific focus on stained glass in Wales:

Mostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850, (Altrincham, 1970). Contains detailed descriptions of all stained glass in the northern half of Wales from the medieval period and up to 1850.

Andrew Renton, ‘Discovering Pre-1700 Stained Glass in South Wales‘, Vidimus, vol. 34 (2009).

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea’s architectural glass tradition, ed. by Elspeth Broady and Alun Adams (Swansea, 2010).

Malcolm Seaborne, ‘Victorian and Later Stained Glass in Flintshire Churches‘, The Journal of the Flintshire Historical Society, vol. 35 (1999), 115–42.

Peter Rowland, ‘Let in the Light: Some Examples of Stained Glass Windows in Carmarthenshire’, The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, vol. 60 (2024), 76–89.

A much more extensive bibliography of sources on stained glass and those who designed and made it can be found on the Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue.