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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wootton. Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Wootton, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on July 13, 1964. [1] The church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance [2] and its Vicar is The Reverend Canon Doctor Peter Ackroyd.
The church tower is located at the west of the church. It was built in six stages, the first two in c.1320, at the time of the church construction. The latter four were built slightly later but completed by the end of the 14th Century. It stands 47 metres tall.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin in the village is mainly 14th century but contains two fine monuments in the chancel to members of the Monoux family who died in 1685 and 1707. To the west of the church is Wootton House, an impressive late 17th-century house with a contemporary, red brick stable block.
A chapel existed in North Wootton in the 12th century under the control of the church in Pilton. [2] The current church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries and a Victorian restoration in the 19th when the chancel was rebuilt. [1] The parish is part of the benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder within the Diocese of ...
The Church of England parish church of St Andrew, Wootton Rivers in the village of Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England, is built in flint and sarsen with limestone dressings. The mid 14th century building was thoroughly restored in 1861 by G. E. Street , and was designated as Grade II* listed in 1964.
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, with parts dating from the 12th century: it was largely rebuilt in 1867 by G. E. Street for the Duke of Buckingham. The South aisle contains several monuments to members of the Grenville family, who were lords of the manor from the 12th to the 18th century.
Wootton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse about 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Abingdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The parish of Wootton includes the hamlets of Whitecross and Lamborough Hill and the western part of Boars Hill. [1]
St John's Church, Wotton. Wotton appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Odetone. It was held by Osuuold (Oswold). Its domesday assets were: 5 hides; 1 mill worth 1s 8d, 10 ploughs, 3 acres (1.2 ha) of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 73 hogs. It rendered £7 and a half (10s) per year to its overlords, a modest drop since the Norman Conquest. [4] [5]