It's funny how you come cross a place, going to this church came out of reading a detective story based around Kidlington. The detective lived on a narrow Boat at Thrupp which is a couple of miles away. I happened to look on the map for the village and noticed a couple of churches nearby so while my son was off having treatment at the JR I drove off to visit a Church, in fact two. Some history of Wikipedeia
"Shipton had a parish church by the latter part of the 12th century, which seems to have been enlarged in the 13th century and received new windows in the 14th century. It was demolished in 1831 and replaced by a new Georgian Gothic Revival Church of England parish church designed by the artist William Turner who lived at the manor house. Some original materials from the original church were re-used. Crossley and Elrington state that this includes the north porch, which Sherwood and Pevsner had earlier dismissed as "free and flimsy Georgian Gothick". Holy Cross was restored in 1869 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect Charles Buckeridge.
The belltower has only two bells. They were cast in the middle of the 16th century and presumably came from the original church. The original dedication of the 12th-century church was to the Holy Cross. By 1786 the dedication had been changed to Saint Mary, and by 1851 it had been changed to Saint Jerome. By 1892 the church was finally restored to its original dedication of Holy Cross. The parish is now part of the Benefice of Blenheim, which also includes Begbroke, Bladon, Woodstock and Yarnton."
The sun reflecting off the headstones
Looking down at the north west of the church
The porch to the church
You cannot get a view of the south side very easy so this was the best |I could do
On your way in the churchyard on your left is this cross
Further along headstone many of which are more recent
Looking south along the west end of the churchyard
More headstones of varying age
Looking towards the avenue of trees that line the path in
The headstone of this lady stood out from the rest
Looking west along the north side
The nave looking to the chancel. This was the only photo I took with my DSLM, I had a problem with it after that so used my iphone fro the rest
There are a few tombs in the floor of varying states, this one you walk across coming in the door
The stained glass above them very beautiful
The organ can be seen in the chancel
The corbels around the church have dates and shields on them
The only choir stall the organ taking over where the second would have been
The interior is a delight.
ReplyDeleteIt was nicer that I expected
DeleteThere are some interesting features in this church. I do like the altar cloth and barley sheaves. Quite a good Memento Mori as well. I've actually been to Kidlington! We'd been to a Tolkien exhibition in Oxford and went in search of a pub after. We ended up in one by a canal full of Inspector Morse tv series memorabilia!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the blog, I try to cover as mush as I can even though I not sure what I'm looking at most times. I Presume that was at the Bodleian, to find one of the Tolkien pubs you needed to go to St Giles and the Eagle & Child or Lamb & Flag. I preferred the Eagle & Child. The pub I see most on the TV I think is the Trout at Wolvercote not that I have bee in the place. Kidlington has a nice church with a Spire that is very impressive
DeleteThat was one worth visiting on spec, such a lot to see. The font looks fairly early. Plain and perhaps 12th C or 13th C. Good memorials of the locals and nice stained glass too.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did wonder about the font, it looks to have a newer base
DeleteStunning interior. By coincidence, I mentioned William Turner today on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if was the same person
Deletefabulous photos with plenty of detail as usual. The child stone coffin is very unusual. The font looks really old, the church looks really old but well kept. It's lovely that it has so many memorials with dates on. Forever remembered.
ReplyDeleteIt looks familiar. I may have been there. Is it near Luton?
ReplyDeleteAfraid not, it's near Oxford
DeleteLovely photos, thank you for the tour of this peaceful place.
ReplyDeleteNo problem, glad you enjoyed it
DeleteThe church is lovely inside. I believe I could spend hours in the cemetery.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing at
https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2022/12/on-display-at-durham-art-council.html
I think I can guess which book you were reading which led you to visit this church. Literature and art give us a reason to explore buildings in an area. I'm glad you could look inside where there are some unusual features. I like the traditional box pews and the stained glass windows. Hope your son's treatment at the JR is going well. Have a good week Bill.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if this place was mentioned but I think the next place is. We are up the JR again this week so a few more places to visit
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely visit in this little church. It convenes in this time of Advent now ... and I enjoyed your post very much. Thank you being part of MosaicMonday.
ReplyDeleteNot much to show advent there ae the time but the next church I'm visiting did when I did a return visit
DeleteThat stone coffin was a very unusual sight. The memorial from 1613 was interesting, although rather confusing about who was who!
ReplyDeleteVery unusual, I'm glad I was not the only one to be somewhat confused by the memorial
DeleteWhilst I really love your photos each week, I often look at the images and wonder what the future of churches will be... Thanks for sharing and for linking up with #MySundaySnapshot.
ReplyDeleteI think many churches are recognising the problem and are changing so the church can be used by the comunity for other functions as well
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