This week the Church Explorer visits St Peter Bucknell which is another one of my list of Oxfordshires Best Churches to Visit, this one is along the M40 from Bicester which is another church on my list to visit.
"The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter has a central Norman tower. The nave and chancel were enlarged in the 13th century and are Early English Gothic. In the 15th century the bell stage was added to the bell tower and the Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was added to the nave. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building.
In 1552 St Peter's had three bells plus a Sanctus bell. In 1955 it still had three bells, but the earliest was cast in 1597.The church's turret clock is of unknown date, but appears to be late 17th or early 18th century. St Peter's parish is now part of the Benefice of Bicester, Bucknell, Caversfield and Launton."
The south side of the church with it's porch and transept
North side from the path
Back around the south side looking at the porch
West end with window
North west looking east
The central tower with staircase
The chancel end showing the buttresses supporting it
Looking west
South east view
Going further around to see more of the south side
Collage showing a stoup on the north wall, Norman Door, buttress and tower showing the original roof line below the clock
Some older headstones and a tall monument
Family plot
The monument which looks more like a preaching cross
Looking east on the south side churchyard
Headstones one which looks quite old
Various headstones on the south side
Going towards the est end of the church
More recent headstones and memorials at the east end of the church
This may well be of the same family
South side headstones
The porch
Inside a rather nice Norman doorway
Inside looking down the nave
The arch leading to the cross over in the tower
Which leads to the second arch
The chancel which is lined with pews
Closer view of the altar and cloth which is embroidered with a country scene
On either side of the chancel are a couple of small low lancet windows
Turning around to look back to the crossover
The nave from the screened arch
A wide view taken with my camera showing more of the roof, if you look at the previous photo as well you should see the corbels
That all are have different designs on them and I dare say are original
A blocked arch in the crossover
same on the other side with a door leading to what I presume is a vestry
The triple east windows
There is also some very nice stained glass to see in the church
The pulpit which looks Georgian
View of the nave from it
There are quite a number of memorials mainly to the Trotman family
The memorials are from around the 1700s
Lenthall Trotman and his wife Mary
This one to Samuel Trotman 1599-1684 and his wife Mary
Thomas Trotman and his family are listed on this one
Samuel Trotman and his family
Near the alter is this memorial which is minus it brass
In the nave floor more tombs can be seen
Which are also very old
An older stoup
This one is in better condition
Priest door in the chancel
This one is in the crossover
Where I have no doubt that it took you up a staircase to the door you see in this collage telling me that once the church had a rood loft
Few more tombs in the nave floor
Harvest festival decorations
I love seeing the floral display's in churches
The back of the church with the font
You will find the roll of honour to WWII
Plus the rolls from WWI
The stained glass window in the west wall depicts St Michael below is the list of the men who died in WWI
9 comments:
I wonder what it looked like new. Maybe brightly painted?
A lovely church with so many interesting features. The floral displays are beautiful and I like the country scene on the altar cloth.
Interesting. I love seeing all the graceful arches.
Another historic and beautiful church. I have 2 churches in my post this week - but nothing as old as yours! Have a wonderful week. I am joining you at Mosaic Monday
Another lovely church. I particularly like the outside shape of it, it is so ancient and irregular that it makes me think of how long the church has been there in the same place. And I love the idea of grapes and bread on the altar.
Once again a very meaningful visit to a lovely church.
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Another wonderful contribution for MosaicMonday. Thank you for your participation. ...very interesting to read!
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Wonderful, unusual, church, Bill. You've photographed it really well. Enjoyed that!
I love how passionate you are about these buildings! Thanks for sharing and for taking part with #MySundaySnapshot.
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