This church was sort of on my radar but the proximity of the church along a busy road in Oxford sort of put me off. Thing is on this occasion I had made an appointment at what I thought was St James Church and after phoning found I had made it for this one but as the other church was a failure as far as going inside was concerned I drove down to St Mary & St James where I met up with the Vicar who kindly showed me around. The church is relativity new being founded in around the 1850's. You can read a little bit about the church in the link.
Best view you can get of the church as it is mostly hidden by trees
This is the East end of the church with the church offices in the foreground
Around the west end looking on the north side
North side of the church
This is the entrance off the Cowley road, if you go across the road the church is tree lined and you could miss it if you drove along the road
Tower and south side
Churchyard which is mostly given over to nature
But looking through the cut grass all you can see are graves
There are an incredible amount of crosses in the churchyard
Quite a few laid down because they were unsafe
The churchyard is designated a commonwealth war cemetery and these are the headstones I could find
Some of the graves have sunk
other monuments are broken
I did like looking at the different crosses
This cast iron one of Albert Yates is beautiful condition
Unusual looking headstone
You cannot help but look at the crosses
The crosses with crucified Jesus on them
More in the long grass
I dispensed with a view down the church and did a panoramic
A rood across the chancel arch
I wish I had brought my Canon R6 but used my iphone which is not so good zooming in low light
The chancel
The old altar below the east window with a beautiful scree behind
The east window
South aisle
I could not get a good shot of this Roll of honour
At the west end of the church is the organ and underneath looks like the atrium from the entrance
The pulpit
looking down into the nave
The font
Madonna & Child
North door
Stations of the cross
Another view of the east window
The top detail of the east window
24 comments:
Such a lovely place.
I'm guessing that the tower is the oldest part of the church? Nice to see the war graves and wondering if the church has someone that mows the grass and kind of maintains the property
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You forgot the Backlink, when your thumnail is missing.
Here is the backlink
https://happy-hour-with-picts.blogspot.com/
It really was William
It was all built the same time. Most churches are left to nature now though there are volunteers who work around the churchyard
There is a backlink on the right which is now updated to the your site
Beautiful church and I'm crazy about stain glass windows. I really enjoyed the photos.
I could spend hours and hours at the cemeteries you find on your travels.
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I was surprised to see chairs instead of benches. Lovely interior though.
Interesting church and churchyard and it is lovely inside. I especially liked all the photos of the churchyard as there is always so much of interest to see there.
Billy - this church has an interesting combination of traditional and modern elements. If find it quite interesting that it has chairs instead of pews. My favorite shot is the panoramic!
The tower looks like part of a castle. Lovely place.
Another fabulous tour! I so enjoy your photos and the history you share.
The church has a very interesting and unusual looking tower. The Commonwealth war graves are also interesting. There are definitely a lot of different crosses in the churchyard!
Such stunning shots - thanks for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
Came over from the image-in-ing link party to see more of your beautiful church.
Amalia
xo
I love finding nice stained glass as well
Quiet a few churches do have chairs now so the place can be used for other purposes
Some of them are more interesting than the church
Many do look like that
Thank you betty
The place had many different elements to enjoy
My pleasure
You are welcome anytime
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