St James Cowley

 

After visiting Littlemore I still had an hour or so till I picked up my some from the Hospital so I decided to go down to Cowley and visit St James Church Cowley which is now part of the city of Oxford. It used to be called Church Cowley but was merged into the City, Wikipedia gives little history but click the link above and you can read the history from the parish website. Photos take with iphone and Canon SX740 compact zoom. The photos were taken from two separate visits

Unusual looking tower on the church being quite stunted

 

 

 The east end of the church as seen from the road.

First view of the church as you come up the road

a footpath runs along the north side of the church

another along the south side

Not having my main camera I took this panoramic of the church with my iphone

 

The windows in the nave part of the church had tracery at the top

 

Where as the ones in the chancel had an older look about them

West end an a shot of the tower

 

You can see some interesting old gargoyles around the outside of the tower

Then further over to look along the north side

The porch with the gates firmly locked but knowing where the church was I was not surprised

 

St James from the south west part of the churchyard

The churchyard was quite large

It did have a beautiful monument in it

 

 Unusual looking cross in the churchyard

Headstones under the trees in the shade

 

A huge family grave plot which I think also serves as a garden of remembrance 

 

There were quite a few tombs in the churchyard as well

 

Part of the churchyard is under the shade of trees and lift to go wild

 

A wood cross with cover in the long grass

More than a few graves were accessible with brambles covering them

There were two Commonwealth War Graves  W.H.Smith & R.C Belcher

Looking east down the south side of the churchyard

 

A cross nearly hidden in the shrubbery

 

I felt these cast iron crosses a nice find

 

 Not often I see that many in such good condition

 

Along with a tomb as well

 

A cleared area given over to cremation memorials

 

Low tomb one was in long grass

Another in the shade of a tree

Collage of the headstones

and some of the older ones from the 1700's

Three crosses I presume from Easter. The church was in a beautiful setting and it is hard to believe it is situated in one of the busiest parts of Oxford. I will try and return here to look around the inside

Till Next time I wish you all a wonderful weekend