Historic Churches in Oxfordshire

This lovely 14th-century building boasts a lovely series of wall paintings discovered in 1988. There are wonderful late medieval brasses, a marble tomb to Mary Ann Boulton, and beautifully carved medieval bench ends.
New Road, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 4AG

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Heritage Highlight: Magnificent collection of late medieval wall paintings and brasses

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St George's Church in Hatford is a tiny 12th-century church with a nicely carved Norman doorway and several Norman features inside the church. The doorway features a worn depiction of a Green Man.
B4508, Hatford, Oxfordshire, England, SN7 8QQ

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Heritage Highlight: Norman south doorway

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St Andrew's Church, Headington, dates to the first half of the 12th century. The church boasts a superb Norman chancel arch with rich carving, and fragments of original glass. Look for a memorial window given in memory of a Victorian vicar who died whilst administering to the poor during a smallpox outbreak.
St Andrew's Road, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, OX3 9DL

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century chancel arch

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The Norman church at Iffley, on the outskirts of Oxford, is among the finest examples of 12th-century Norman architecture in England. There are superb carvings both inside and outside the church and the site of a 13th-century anchoress's cell near the chancel. The south doorway is particularly fine, with carvings of Green Men, grotesque beasts, knights, faces, and mythical creatures. The interior has three finely carved arches and 15th-century stained glass depicting the De la Pole arms.
Church Way, Iffley, Oxfordshire, England, OX4 4EJ

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Heritage Highlight: One of the finest examples of 12th-century Norman church architecture in England

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St George's Church is primarily a destination for visitors interested in seeing the grave of Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris. Morris and his wife Jane are buried beneath a simple gabled memorial in the churchyard, a short stroll from Kelmscott Manor, their home for over a quarter of a century from 1871.
Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England, GL7 3HF

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Heritage Highlight: Very well preserved 14th-century wall paintings and one of the earliest church bells in England

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One of the most historically important Saxon churches in the country. St Matthew's features a superb late Saxon tower, pre-Norman carvings, 15th-century screens, Elizabethan memorial brasses, and a Jacobean pulpit, to name just a few of the features of historic interest. Well worth a visit if you have even a passing interest in historic architecture.
Church Lane, Langford, Oxfordshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon carvings

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A simple 13th-century country church with beautiful carving on the chancel arch, Letcombe Bassett church boasts a blocked 13th-century door carved with symbols of the Evangelists, a 13th-century font, and a pair of 12th or 13th-century lancet windows in the chancel.
Gramps Hill, Letcombe Bassett, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 9NB

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Heritage Highlight: 12th century carving on the chancel arch

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A lovely country church in a popular south Oxfordshire village, St Andrews dates to the 12th century, though much of the current building is 14th and 15th-century work. The main interest is heraldic stained glass from the 14th and 15th centuries.
South Street, Letcombe Regis, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 9JS

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A lovely little country church almost entirely dating to the 13th century. There is 13th-century glass, wonderfully carved heads decorating the nave arcade, and a 13th-century aumbry that may have been used as an Easter Sepulchre.
Little Faringdon, Oxfordshire, England, GL7 3QW

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century stained glass in the nave

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St Philip's church is tucked away in a pretty valley setting, next to an isolated farm. This delightful country church is best visited for a series of wonderful 17th-century wall monuments to members of the Dixon family. The Rollright Stones ancient monument is nearby.
Little Rollright, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 5QA

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Heritage Highlight: 17th century Dixon memorials

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