Historic Churches in Oxfordshire

A gem of a church on a ridge above the River Cherwell. St James boats a reredos carved around 1400, and ornate tombs of the Fermor family from the 15th and 16th centuries. There is a medieval preaching cross outside the north porch.
Church Street, Somerton, Oxfordshire, England, OX25 6LN

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Heritage Highlight: Stone reredos dated to 1400 AD

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There has been a church at South Leigh since at least the Domesday Book. The first building was probably a Norman chapel built shortly after the Norman Conquest, and St James remained a chapel of Stanton Harcourt until 1869.

Church End, South Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, OX29 6US

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Heritage Highlight: Superb medieval wall paintings

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A 12th-century church with a superb collection of 14th-century wall paintings. The paintings include a martyrdom of Becket and a very unusual depiction of the execution of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. There is a Norman font and medieval churchyard cross.
Moor Lane, South Newington, Oxfordshire, England, OX15 4JF

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Heritage Highlight: Magnificent medieval wall paintings are among the finest in England

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A large early 13th-century church in a pretty Thames village, possibly founded by St Birinius. The highlight is an ornate wall monument to Griffith Higgs, a native of South Stoke and chaplain to Elizabeth of Bohemia, the 'winter queen'. There are two canopied niches in the nave, dating to the 14th and 15th centuries.
The Street, South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England, RG8 0JS

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Heritage Highlight: 17th-century Dr Griffith Higgs memorial

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Holy Cross is a wonderful 12th-century church blessed with a marvellous collection of memorial brasses and medieval monuments, including three rare 14th-century wooden effigies known as The Sparsholt Effigies. The font may date to the 8th century, and there is a three-seat sedilia in the chancel.
Church Way, Sparsholt, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 9PU

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Heritage Highlight: Three wooden effigies dating to the 14th century

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A lovely Norman church in a pretty Oxfordshire village, All Saints is notable for its excellent memorials to the Lee and Dillon families of Ditchley Park. Also buried here, but without a memorial, is the 2nd Earl of Rochester, a poet, courtier, and notorious rake in the reign of Charles II.
Church Lane, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 3JR

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Heritage Highlight: Superb memorials to the Lee and Dillon families of Ditchley Park

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St Denys Church in Stanford in the Vale stands on a slight rise above the long village green of this attractive village, set in the heart of the Vale of White Horse. The first known church at Stanford was built in AD 939, but the present building was begun in the 12th century.
Church Green, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: The attractive 12th century church of St Denys, which may have been the site of the wedding of Anne Neville and Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

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An attractive Grade II* listed 13th-century church in Early English style, St James is appropriately roofed with Stonesfield slate, which has been quarried here since Roman times.
The Cross, Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, England, OX29 8QZ

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval stained glass and screen

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A 13th-century church with a striking spire, in a lovely rural village setting. There is a 13th-century font and a medieval leper window in the south wall of the chancel. The 14th-century porch has a pair of grotesque gargoyles, one on either side, and two scratch dials on the outer jamb.
St Mary's Lane, Swerford, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 4BA

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Heritage Highlight: Leper window, south chancel wall

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St Mary's is a small Cotswold church famous for the Fettiplace monuments; two striking 17th-century wall monuments. Each tomb shows three male Fettiplaces, recumbent - and looking anything but comfortable - upon stone or marble shelves.
Pebble Court, Swinbrook, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, OX18 4DY

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Heritage Highlight: Fettiplace family monuments

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