Historic Churches in Oxfordshire

One of the most impressive medieval parish churches in Oxfordshire, St Mary's, Bloxham, dates to the 12th century, but much of the current impressive building is from the 14th and 15th centuries. There are Norman carvings over the west door and a Norman tympanum in the chancel. The Milburne Chapel contains an imposing memorial to Sir John Thornycroft, and there are late-medieval wall paintings throughout.
Church Street, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England, OX15 4PY

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St Mary's, Buckland is a gem of a medieval church, located in an idyllic estate village. The church dates to the 12th century, with the addition of a 13th-century chancel and tower. There are matching south and north Norman doors, perfectly aligned, which is quite unusual for this period.
Buckland, Oxfordshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: 16th-century heart burial chamber for William Holcott, in the chancel, and the fabulously decorated late Victorian Barcote Chapel.

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More of a cathedral in appearance than is Oxford Cathedral, this lovely wool church sits beside the River Windrush at the foot of Burford. The church was begun in 1175, with much rebuilding in the late 15th century. Early pagan carvings are incorporated into the tower, and traces of medieval wall paintings can be seen. Don't miss the Tanfield Monument in St Catherine's Chapel, a testament to the power of wealth and little taste.
Burford, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, OX18 4RY

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A largely 13th-century church with a Saxon arch from an earlier building on the same site. Look for the grotesque carvings on the church exterior including an unusual Green Man figure with a nose in the form of a tree.
Church Road, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 3LX

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual Green man carving

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A 12th-century church in a pretty Oxfordshire village, famous for a complete set of early 14th-century wall paintings in the chancel. The Chalgrove paintings are one of the most complete and beautifully preserved series of medieval wall paintings in England.
Church Lane, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England, OX44 7SD

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 14th-century wall paintings

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St Peter's is a wonderful 12th/14th-century church once owned by Abingdon Abbey, with a 12th-century carved south doorway arch and a beautifully carved late Saxon or early Norman tympanum in the chancel.
Charney Bassett, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 0EJ

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Norman or late Saxon tympanum

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Childrey is a small village in the Vale of White Horse, close to Wantage, and on the edge of the Berkshire Downs. The parish church of Childrey is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and dates to the 11th century.
Church Row, Childrey, Oxfordshire, England, OX12 9PQ

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Heritage Highlight: 11th century lead font

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St Mary's, Chipping Norton, is a glorious church, dating to the 12th century but rebuilt on the wealth of the medieval wool trade in the Cotswold region. The first mention of a church here comes in 1081, but the earliest stone remains date from the latter half of the 12th century, long after a large motte and bailey castle was built to the north of the current churchyard.
Church Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 5NT

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century nave arcading

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St Katherine's Church, Chiselhampton, is a lovely, stuccoed Georgian church, built in 1763 by Charles Peers in elegant classical style. The interior is an 18th-century delight, with a west gallery, raised on Italianate columns, overlooking box pews.
Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: A beautifully untouched Georgian church

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All Saints Church is a magnificent 1826 building with a tower modelled after Magdalen College, Oxford and a hammer-beam nave roof modelled on Christ Church Hall, Oxford. Even the window tracery and the carved heads decorating the tower are modelled on similar features throughout Oxford.
Church Road, Churchill, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, OX7 6NU

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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding tower modelled on Magdalen College, Oxford

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