This week the Church Explorer visits St Nicholas Islip the second of the churches I visited around North Oxford a s few weeks ago. This is a church I was looking forward to seeing after realising it was not too far away. A little History off Wikipedia below though if you go to the link above you can read a little more :-
"Edward the Confessor (born circa 1004, died 1066) was born in Islip and tradition holds that he was baptised in a church here. Parts of the present church date from about 1200. The chancel was rebuilt in 1780 and the church was restored in 1861. The church is Islip's only Grade I Listed Building. The belltower has a ring of eight bells. Since 1987 the Church of England parish has been part of the Ray Valley Benefice.
A chapel associated with Edward the Confessor existed north of the church. The chapel was damaged in April 1645 in a military engagement in the English Civil War, and in the 1780s it was demolished.
The former rectory was built in 1689 for Robert South and enlarged in 1807 for William Vincent. It is one of several Grade II* Listed Buildings in Islip"
Walking along the path to the opposite side you come to the west end an bell tower
Looking across the churchyard to the east end
Walking past the chancel end with the priest door
Another view of the west end and tower
Here you can see the tower and north aisle
Walking around the north side you can see an extension that has been added on with chimney indicating this may be a vestry
Roy Stuart Lee and Catherine were a long way from their native home
Graves you can see while walking along the path on the south side
Further along at the west end
And the south west end
A couple of tombs can be seen here on the west end of the church
Looking east along the north side
This is one of the tombs on at the west end of the church
Simple headstone of Gerard L'estrange Turner and his wife Helen Elizabeth
Mixture of headstones on the far north side of the church
Looking west on the same side
East end showing a couple of tombs
In the south side is this wonderful old chest tomb
Near the chancel end you find these older headstones
By the church this older one with the inscription gone
Another sinking in the ground the headstone eroding
8 comments:
An impressive and beautiful church.
That looks like an interesting church and I'm wondering if the little extension on the north side might even be an anchorhold.
A beautiful church. I am delighted with its architecture.
Hugs and greetings.
It was William and looked good inside
I did peek in the church but there was work being done there, I'll go back again
I was as well
Very pointy turrets.
It's a very handsome church, built to last.
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