| St Frideswide's Church | |
|---|---|
| The Parish Church of St Frideswide | |
 View of the church from the east | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
| Website | osneybenefice.org.uk |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 10 April 1872 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Samuel Sanders Teulon |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Years built | 1870–2 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Oxford |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Clare Sykes |
St Frideswide's Church is a Church of England church on the south side of the Botley Road in New Osney, west Oxford, England.[1] The church is in a district originally part of the parish of St Thomas the Martyr.[2]
History
The church is dedicated to the patroness of Oxford, St Frideswide.[3] It was designed by the 19th-century Gothic Revival architect Samuel Sanders Teulon of Westminster, London and built by the local firm of Honour & Castle. The foundation stone was laid in 1870 and the church was consecrated on 10 April 1872 by John Mackarness, the Bishop of Oxford.[4] It was originally intended for the church tower to have a spire.[1]
In the nave is the "Alice Door", carved by Alice Liddell, a daughter of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, made famous through Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.[2]
Immediately to the west is Osney Ditch. The church was the setting of a Morse detective story, Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter.
Vicars of St Frideswide's
- 1872-96 George Lynch Kemp
- 1896-1905 Augustus Jameson Miller
- 1905-14 William Alfred Spence
- 1914-22 George Herbert Tremenheere
- 1922-33 Charles Overy
- 1933-76 Arnold Mallinson
Present day
St Frideswide's stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.[5]
Gallery
View of the church from the south.
View from the northeast.
See also
References
- 1 2 Howard, Peter; Webster, Helena (1999). "St Frideswide, Oseney". Oxford: An Architectural Guide. London: Ellipsis London. pp. 94–95. ISBN 1 899858 47 4.
- 1 2 Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Frideswide, Church of". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 393. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ↑ "St Frideswide, Oxford". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
{{cite web}}: External link in|work= - ↑ Graham, Malcolm. "History of St Frideswide's Church". The Church of England. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ "St Frideswide's". Benefice of Osney. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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