St Frideswide, Osney

 

Last time I visited this church was many years ago and I took some photos around the outside as the church was locked. I did contact the vicar with a view to visiting but never got around to arranging it. This Septembers Oxford Open Doors event gave me the opportunity to visit again. There are no headstones to see so I presume all burials are in the local cemetery at Botley

 No point in me copy and pasting you can read the history on Wikipedia

East end with apse

West end, the church is linked to the rectory with a covered walkway

 Another view of the west end

Back to the east

 South side of the church looking to the walkway 

And the north east

Nave from behind the font

Nave proper

Chancel into the apse

The altar and east windows

The altar which is nicely carved and decorated

Rearedos and east window

 Right and left east windows

Looking up at the arched ceiling

Organ pipes

View to the back where refreshments were laid on

The pulpit, I'm not sure what the base is from in front, could be from a column out of an abbey 

View from the pulpit

Nice stained glass, pre raphaelite from the look 

Angels either side of the Roll of Honour

The Roll of Honour is from the parish of St Frideswide, It a lot of wasted lives for a church this size

This is nearby but I did not find out the information on it

The Alice door, think Alice in Wonderland

The carving in it 

 This will tell you about the door

North chapel which I think is the lady Chapel 

Some more nice stained glass

Madonna and child

St Frideswide mothers union banner

Angels along the wall

One of the angels, I was told where they came from but have forgotten 

Eagle lectern

Crucifixion which I feel has come from another church

This memorial is to L.Edwards R.A.M.C who was on the hospital ship HMHS Lanfranc when it was sunk 

Modern day banner

Font with nave in the background

I will leave you with this floral display

Till next time have a peaceful week 

 

All Saints Oxford

I finished writing the blogs on Oxfordshires Best Churches last year and Lincoln Collage Library, was one I had not been inside. Since my visit last year I have returned on the open doors event to go inside the old church to look around so It stands along the High Street in Oxford so you cannot miss it and is not far from another church worth Visiting St Mary the Virgin. There is some history to read on All Saints Oxford in Wikipedia so it is easier to give a link rather than cutting and pasting a whole page. 

I should have take a photo of the church from the other end as well but will take one next time I am in Oxford

I noticed a small churchyard on my way back from St Mary. There were a few headstones and seating area

There might be an inscription on the other side 

 

Walk up Turl Street and you can see the other part of the churchyard that has a few headstones still

 

They are now in the small garden of the library

The churchyard which round the north side is left for nature though some one does some gardening

 The road is busy before the opening

 Turl street looking towards the library, lots of people around, look close you can see people waiting for the place to open

The old churchyard

These are the headstones  you see through the railings

 Inside you pass this large memorial

The inside from ground level, the nave was up a set of stares I did not take a photo in this direction up there., there was also an under croft from what I could see as stairs wend down to some glass door behind which was another part of the library

This effigy is near the London road entrance, I did not see who it was

Couple of tombs as you come in the door 

Funerary Hatchment for Mark Patterson who was a rector of Lincoln Collage

Impressive looking candelabra

 

Memorials not easy to read 

 These are behind where the altar would have been in the church

Looking to the back you see another Funerary Hatchment this one for Charles Mortermer

Wide view showing the whole of the west wall

Looking up to the ceiling 

Back through to the west end from where the altar was

This would have been the church strong box

I'll leave you with this little fellow who was on the shelf under the two tablets behind where the altar would have been. I probably should have take a few more photos but it was very as you can see from the photos

Till next time Have a peaceful week