St Frideswide's Church

St Frideswide's Church
The Parish Church of St Frideswide

View of the church from the east.
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
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) Rev. 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]

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.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Frideswide, Church of". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 393. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  3. ↑ "St Frideswide, Oxford". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 25 September 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ Graham, Malcolm. "Church History: Guide to St Frideswide’s Church". The Church of England. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

Coordinates: 51°45′08″N 1°16′30″W / 51.7521°N 1.2749°W / 51.7521; -1.2749


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