Symmetry at St Botolph's

Further reading

Otmoor

Noyers sur Serein

St Mary the Virgin, North Stoke

St Mary's Church in England St Mary's Church in England Mid-13th Century church where stood a Saxon church previously. Frescoes. Last resting place of crusader Richard, Earl of Cornwall. Three stones from the original church building (c.600-700AD) are in a box by the pulpit.

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Panorama of St Mary's North Stoke supplied by Panoramic Earth

Mr Higgs's legacy

According to the churchwarden I bumped into on the premises (and a showy but hard-to-photograph plaque on the wall), Mr Griffin Higgs was a well-heeled clergyman who was well in with King Charles. He got the job of dean at Lichfield cathedral but lost it when the Parliamentarians took all the royalists down a peg or two (sometimes three) following the civil wars. But griffin was still a wealthy man when he returned to the village of his birth. South Stoke in Oxfordshire. A single man, he left no children but the tidy sum of £5 to buy land so that the poor of the parish may be buried. On top of this he left £600 to buy and run a free school in perpetuity. School prizes are still paid for with that original £600. In 1658, that was about £1,000,000.

Inside St. Mary's Newnham Murren

Panorama of St Mary's Newnham Murren supplied by Panoramic Earth

St John the Baptist, Mongewell

Panorama of St John the Baptist, Mongewell supplied by Panoramic Earth

According to Bob, the ground keeper, St John the Baptist (c.1250) fell into disrepair between the first and second world wars. It was partially rebuilt at the expense of a local family. It is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.

Appropriately close to the river! Read more...

St Mary Magdalene, Crowmarsh Gifford

Panorama of St Mary Magdalene, Crowmarsh Gifford supplied by Panoramic Earth

St Leonard's, Wallingford

Panorama of St Leonard's, Wallingford supplied by Panoramic Earth

Thames Street, Wallingford

Panorama of Thames Street, Wallingford supplied by Panoramic Earth

Endless blue skies today! The splodge next to the spire is a red kite.

St Mary's churchyard, Newnham Murren

Panorama of St Mary's churchyard, Newnham Murren supplied by Panoramic Earth

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