Church Hanborough
| Church Hanborough | |
 SS Peter and Paul parish church |
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  Church Hanborough Church Hanborough shown within Oxfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP4212 |
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| Civil parish | Hanborough |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | OX29 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Hanborough Online |
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Church Hanborough is a village in Hanborough civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Haneberge.[citation needed]
The Church of England parish church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in the 12th century.[1] It was remodelled and the spire added in about 1399.[2]
The tower has a ring of six bells. Joseph Carter of Reading, Berkshire cast the fourth bell in 1602, Richard I Purdue of Somerset cast the fifth bell in 1603 and Robert Atton of Buckingham cast the third bell in 1615.[3] Robert II Wells of Aldbourne, Wiltshire cast the tenor bell in 1786 and James Wells, also of Aldbourne, cast the second bell in 1807.[3] Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble bell in 1956. There is also a Sanctus bell that Richard Keene of Woodstock cast in 1668.[3]
The church has a 17th-century clock of unknown date.[4] It has wheel trains end-to-end and a crown wheel and verge escapement in original condition.[4]
The church is a Grade I listed building.[5]
The parish is now part of the Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland.[6]
A National School near the church was built in 1832 and enlarged in 1872.[7] It was closed in 1959 and converted into a private house in 1961.[7]
Amenities
Church Hanborough has a public house, the Hand and Shears, that is controlled by Charles Wells Brewery.[8]
Gallery
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The Hand and Shears public house
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Former National School in Church Road
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SS Peter and Paul parish church: 12th century Norman north doorway.
References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 543.
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 544.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Davies, Peter (13 January 2009). "Church Hanborough SS Peter & Paul". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Beeson & Simcock 1989, pp. 38–39.
- ↑ "Church of St Peter and St Paul". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ Archbishops' Council. "Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Crossley & Elrington 1990, p. 178.
- ↑ Hand and Shears
Sources and further reading
- Beeson, C.F.C. (1989) [1962]. Simcock, A.V., ed. Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400–1850 (3rd ed.). Oxford: Museum of the History of Science. p. 39. ISBN 0-903364-06-9.
- Case, Humphrey; Bayne, Nicholas; Steele, Susan; Avery, Graham; Sutermeister, Helen (1964–64). "Excavations at City Farm, Hanborough, Oxon.". Oxoniensia (Oxford Architectural and Historical Society). XXIX–XXX: 1–98.
- Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.); Baggs, A.P.; Blair, W.J.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J.; Selwyn, Nesta; Townley, Simon C. (1990). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Victoria County History. pp. 156–179. ISBN 978-0-19-722774-9.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 543–544. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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