St Peter ad Vincula

This handsome many windowed Norman and Early English church is entered through a splendidly pinnacle porch, which gives it a particularly theatrical effect.

South Newington, Oxfordshire

Opening times

Open during daylight hours.

Address

South Newington
Oxfordshire
OX15 4JN

It is for its array of medieval wall paintings that St Peter's is celebrated. Those in the north aisle are oil on plaster and include a Martyrdom of Thomas ' Becket and a delightful Virgin and Child, strongly coloured and sophisticated for such an early date (about 1300).

Also depicted are St Margaret with the dragon that ate her, the execution of Thomas of Lancaster, and other scenes, some now very faded.

Over the nave arcades are scenes from the Passion, which may be 15th century. They are one in a much simpler, almost primitive manner.

  • Spectacular stained glass

  • Magnificent memorials

  • Glorious furnishings

  • Fascinating churchyard

  • Captivating architecture

  • Walkers & cyclists welcome

  • Space to secure your bike

  • Parking within 250m

  • On street parking at church

  • Level access to the main areas

  • Dog friendly

  • Accessible toilets nearby

  • Church of England

  • Repair Grant, £2,000, 2007

  • Our Repair Grants funded urgent repair work to help keep churches open.

  • Partnership Grant, £2,500, 2011

  • Our Partnership Grants funded a range of repair projects, recommended by County Church Trusts, to help keep churches open.

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St Mary

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Bloxham is in a small valley in the ironstone country of North Oxfordshire, on its southern side is the church of St Mary, outstanding even in an area of such splendid churches.