This print is on the same card as OP29829.
The church is otherwise known as St Mary the Virgin's Church and is a 13th century church, rebuilt about 1432-4 by William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and his Duchess, Alice Chaucer. It is in the form of an aisled nave and a chancel with a 13th century west tower and very rich chapel. The north porch was built in 1832 and the south porch was repaired in 1874.
The use of brick in the church parapet and the other buildings of 1432-4 is one of the earliest in the county. A trench excavated along the north wall in 1993 found graves possibly cut by the church wall. This suggests that the earlier building was narrower than the present one.
The Henry Howard monument holds the date 1647 at the bottom, the year of his death, and depicts the rebirth of the deceased.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Gotch, John Alfred
Post Medieval Parish Church, Medieval Parish Church, Post Medieval Commemorative Monument