Glebe Cottage
village oak in autumn
White Horse Cottage
old village bakehouse
St Mary's churchyard
Market Square and old schoolhouse
The Old School House
Lower Heyford School 1867-1974
boring Bell pub sign
The Bell at Lower Heyford
The Bell Inn at Lower Heyford
Lower Heyford phone box
Old Post Office post box
old post office and phone box
Old Chapel, Lower Heyford
Old Bakehouse
pumpkin cottage
cottages at Lower Heyford
nosy monkey
Freehold thatch
enjoying a smoke on the river
beneath the Isis Road Bridge
The Thames at Iffley Lock
unadopted road sign
coal, logs and gas
Heyford station platform
Freehold post box
The Crown at Marcham
Marsh Baldon thatch
cottages on the green
The Seven Stars at Marsh Baldon
Marsh Baldon post box
brick nog house
Parsonage Farm
old schoolhouse and pond
old school and duckpond
dunno house
St Nicholas Church
St Nicholas Church Hall
Old Marston Church Hall
flag flying at St Nicholas
Bricklayers Arms at Old Marston
Mill Lane signpost
Three Horseshoes pub sign
The Red Lion at Old Marston
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Churches in Oxfordshire and its bordering counties
Churches in Oxfordshire and its bordering counties
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www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/churches/lower-heyford.htm
Lower Heyford is a pretty village about 12 miles north of Oxford, rising up a hillside above the River Cherwell. The attractive little church of St Mary's is at the bottom of the village, past several thatched cottages and a pub of golden-coloured stone.
The first church at Lower Heyford was consecrated by Wulfwig, Bishop of Dorchester (1053–67), but nothing of that Saxon building remains. Half the church at Lower Heyford was granted to Eynsham Abbey in the 12th century, and the other half was held by the lords of Henred Manor, which meant that there were two rectors, each with his own rectory, and the parish income was split between them, so both were poor.
This absurd state of affairs rumbled on until 1453, after which the abbot and De la Mere family presented the rector in turn. After the abbey was dissolved in the Reformation, the crown took its half of the living and immediately sold it at a profit.
Eventually, the living ended up with Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The most notorious rector was perhaps Thomas Greenway (1563–71), a Fellow of Corpus Christi who was accused of embezzling college funds and consorting with 'infamous women'.
The oldest part of the church is the chancel, built sometime before 1220. The chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century when the timber roof was crafted, and a large east window in Decorated Gothic style was inserted. Look up at the roof and you will see several rather amusing bosses in the shape of peculiar faces.
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