Historic Churches in Oxfordshire

A Victoria church in a pretty Cotswold village, built by GE Street in 1853. Known for its association with an outspoken vicar, Charles Garratt, an opponent of non-Conformist worship. There are memorial stained-glass windows and tablets to the Garratt and McFarlane families.
Little Tew, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 4JB

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Heritage Highlight: Victorian furnishings and stained glass

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A 14th-century church in an idyllic rural setting at the foot of Wittenham Clumps, near the River Thames and Day's Lock. The church has numerous medieval and Elizabethan brasses, and an alabaster monument to Sir William Dunch, MP.
Little Wittenham Road, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, England, OX14 4RA

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Heritage Highlight: 1612 alabaster Dunch memorial

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A simple country church with several 13th-century features including the font, chancel, and nave. The doorway is 14th century, protected by a 15th-century timber porch. Inside is a memorial to a couple who died in the wreck of the Titanic.
Church Close, Longcot, Oxfordshire, England, SN7 7TL

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St Mary's Church in Longworth is an early 13th-century church in a delightful village setting, with a 15th-century chancel, tower, and north aisle. There are good medieval brasses in the chancel.
Church Lane, Longworth, Oxfordshire, England, OX13 5DY

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A 14th-century church in a lovely rural setting on the River Cherwell. The oldest feature is a 13th-century piscina in the chancel, with a restored medieval chancel screen and a font dated 1662.
Church Lane, Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire, England, OX25 5NR

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century chacel screen

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St Margaret's is a lovely brick and flint church beside the Elizabethan manor of Mapledurham House, on the banks of the Thames. There is a Norman font and a wonderful table tomb and effigies to Sir Richard Blount and his wife Cecily.
Mapledurham House, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England, RG4 7TR

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century Sir Richard Blount tomb, and 14th-century memorial brasses

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A lovely 15th-century church beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall. Almost unaltered since it was built, St Kenelm's boasts the alabaster tomb of William, 7th Baron Lovell, who died in 1455. There is a 15th-century font and fragments of late medieval glass.
Old Minster Lovell, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England, OX29 0RR

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Heritage Highlight: 1455 alabaster effigy of Baron William Lovell

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A superbly situated, though partially ruined, Norman church beside the Thames, in the grounds of Mongewell Park. St John the Baptist church consists of a ruined nave, Norman chancel in apsidal shape, and a late Georgian brick-built tower in Gothic style. The interior features several Georgian monuments and a very finely carved Victorian font.
Mongewell, Oxfordshire, England, OX10 8BU

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A very attractive little 12th-century church beside the Thames. The church features a Norman font and a very nicely carved Jacobean pulpit.
Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire, England

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St Mary's stands in the shadow of North Aston Hall. The church was built in the 14th century, on a site owned by Bradeenstoke Priory in the 12th century. The highlight is a late 15th-century alabaster monument to John and Alicia Anne, with fantastically detailed carving and figures of 14 bedesmen around the base.
St Mary's Walk, North Aston, Oxfordshire, England, OX25 6JA

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century Anne monument

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