St Peter's Catholic Eynsham

 

Visiting Eynsham  was a last minute decision with me. I felt I needed to visit a church for some photos and was wondering which was the easiest place to go on my list then Remembered Eynsham had a church I knew of. I grabbed by gear and set off. After going to a couple of places I wanted to see I parked along the road from the first church in the square and got on with taking my photos. Looking across the churchyard I noticed another church nearby and found an entrance in the churchyard. The church I noticed from the Churchyard Was St Peters Catholic Church so I walked around for a few photos. Some history off Wikipedia :- 

" In 1895 Herbert May founded a Roman Catholic mission at his home, Newland Lodge. The lodge burnt down in 1897, after which Mass was said at the Railway Inn until May had a new house built for him. The mission closed when May moved to Oxford. In 1928 the Roman Catholic parish of Witney leased the upper storey of the Bartholomew Room, making it St. Peter's Chapel. Building of a new Roman Catholic church was begun in the 1930s but was delayed by the Second World War and not completed until 1967.^"

St Peter's church which is new compared to the surrounding buildings nearby. This part is the west end. The main entrance being along the side ahead. You can rad some more history on the church on St Peter's website  Fr. Lopes who's dream the church was is buried in the churchyard

Looking slightly north with the rectory over on the left

^{This view shows the Church Entrance and Churchyard beside it}

 

Further around North with the ^{Tolkien Room on the left which you can read about in the link}

 Looking from over near the gate

This one and the next were taken from over in the Churchyard next door. this shows the east end with the apse on and right the Tolkien Room

Looking south west showing the Tolkien room right

Found these quite interesting while walking around the churchyard as couple of Church Finals where they are from I have no information on other than they are from the time of Fr Lopes

I hope to return to St Peter for a look inside when the time comes

^{Till next time have a great weekend}