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Oxfordshire church photos

nthdegx — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:55:49 -0800

Oxfordshire church photos. For all your Oxfordshire church photo needs.

By: sindark

sindark — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:05:35 -0800

This post includes a photo of the church I live beside in Oxford, complete with the clock tower that booms 156 times every day. This is on Woodstock Road, north of St. Antony's College.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:10:17 -0800

Ah! Liking your list of Oxford blogs too!

By: punkfloyd

punkfloyd — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:14:46 -0800

Nice. I wish there was one for Warwickshire. After visiting Warwick Castle my wife and I took a little detour and visited Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick. A very pleasant older gent, a volunteer, gave us a free tour. I remember more about that church than I do about Warwick Castle! Churches in Texas are very, very different. Not that I attend, mind you.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:22:15 -0800

This site isn't bad for Warwickshire churches.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:22:32 -0800

Or further south, climb the steeple of St Mary's in Rye, one of the Cinque Ports. The volunteer on the door here is a veritable encylopaedia of local WW2 stories which he valiently attempted to deliver in most of the languages we speak. Brave man! English country churches are truly treasures

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:22:48 -0800

The lack of dates, architectural notes, &c. is a bit of a shame.

By: bwerdmuller

bwerdmuller — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:47:37 -0800

sindark: Aww, I used to live there too! Next to the vicarage.

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:49:40 -0800

Complete with the clock tower that booms 156 times every day Ideal for a mental asylum

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:17:48 -0800

*sighs* Leaving Oxford was possibly the worst mistake I ever made. I miss it every single day. Great post. Thanks.

By: davehat

davehat — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:26:11 -0800

This is incredibly thorough... My dad's village church is there (Hampton Poyle). There are many beautiful small villages around Oxfordshire, all with quaint little churches (and, even better, pubs that are just about as old) unfortunately, you need a bazillion pounds to be able to afford a house in one of them. Thanks for the link, even though its made me a quite homesick.

By: edd

edd — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:34:15 -0800

sindark: is that one still invariably about ten minutes fast or slow? When I lived there it drove me totally up the wall.

By: BoundlessJoy

BoundlessJoy — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:44:52 -0800

One of my favourites, St Oswalds, all that's left of the abandoned village of Widford. One of my favourite winter walks and this captures the atmosphere quite nicely.

By: sindark

sindark — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:45:48 -0800

@bwerdmuller, It's certainly a nice place to live. I am glad that I am going to be here over the summer. Just seeing trees with leaves on them is a bit of a shock for those of us who have only been here since September.

By: sindark

sindark — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:59:34 -0800

@edd, I think it's about two minutes fast - compared to the highly accurate clock in my GPS receiver, at least.

By: pharm

pharm — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:38:50 -0800

It wouldn't surprise me if many Oxfordshire church tower clocks still kept local time. Oxfordshire is that kind of county...

By: ciderwoman

ciderwoman — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:14:59 -0800

Fantastic post. Made my dead.

By: ciderwoman

ciderwoman — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:32:28 -0800

Made my day, obviously. Damn my stupid fat fingers.