The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley is a Church of England parish church in the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire, England, now absorbed as a suburb of the city of Oxford.[1][2]
| St Mary the Virgin, Iffley | |
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| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
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| OS grid reference | SP 52714 03456 |
| Location | Iffley, Oxfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | iffleychurch |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Dedication | Saint Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Parish Church |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Years built | c.1160–1230 |
| Specifications | |
| Bells | 6 |
| Administration | |
| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Oxford |
| Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Oxford |
| Deanery | Cowley |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Clare Hayns |
| Assistant priest(s) | The Revd Dr Graham Low |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Sarah Beaver and William Alden |
History
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The Romanesque church was built c.1160 by the St Remy family, probably financed with funds from the de Clintons of Kenilworth Castle.[3] The Early Gothic east end was extended in c.1230, when a cell was constructed on the south side for the anchoress Annora.[4][5]
The building has not been changed much over the centuries, retaining its round-arched windows and doorways.[6][7] It is Grade I listed.[8] The church includes a stained glass window by the 20th-century artist John Piper and another by Roger Wagner.
See also
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edit- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Mary the Virgin". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 414. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ "Iffley St Mary the Virgin, Iffley". The Church of England. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Phythian-Adams, Mark (June 2006). "The patronage of Iffley church - a new line of enquiry" (PDF). Ecclesiology Today (36): 7–23. ISSN 1460-4213. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England (1939). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 151–154.
- ^ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 658–661. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- ^ Ross, David. "Iffley Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Wall, Lionel. "Iffley". UK: Great English Churches. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1047319)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
Further reading
edit- Hiller, Jon (1995). "Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Iffley, Oxford". Project Report. UK: Oxford Archaeological Unit.
External links
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