Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore

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Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore
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Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore
51°43′16″N1°13′24″W / 51.721086°N 1.223221°W / 51.721086; -1.223221
Location Cowley Road, Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4PB
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
History
StatusActive
Dedication Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Nicholas
Consecrated 22 September 1836
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Designated18 July 1963
Architect(s) H. J. Underwood
Joseph Clarke
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Oxford
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Oxford
Deanery Cowley
Parish Littlemore
Clergy
Priest in charge Margreet Armitstead
Assistant priest(s) Teresa Morgan
Laity
Organist(s) Richard Vendome
Churchwarden(s) Sue Aldridge
SacristanBarbara Kelly

The Church of St Mary and St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The church is a grade II* listed building. The church was founded by John Henry Newman, later Cardinal Newman of the Roman Catholic Church, and it became a centre of Anglo-Catholicism.

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History

The church was built from 1835 to 1836 by H. J. Underwood for John Henry Newman (later Cardinal Newman of the Roman Catholic Church). [1] The foundation stone was laid in 1835 by Jemima, mother of Newman, and the church was consecrated on 22 September 1836. [2] In 1848, the chancel and tower were added by Joseph Clarke. [3]

The church had originally been built as a chapel of ease in the parish of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. In 1847, Littlemore became its own parish and the chapel was renamed the Church of St Mary and St Nicholas. [4]

A new east window was added to the church in approximately 1900. The stained glass had been designed by Louis Davis and was in memory of Vernon Green, a former vicar. [5] The American poet, Louise Imogen Guiney gave a crucifix sculpture to the church to mark the centenary of Cardinal Newman's birth in 1901. [6]

On 18 July 1963, the church was designated a grade II* listed building. [1]

Present day

The parish of Littlemore is in the Archdeaconry of Oxford of the Diocese of Oxford. [7]

Notable clergy

List of vicars

The incumbent of the parish is the vicar. The following have been vicar, or otherwise stated, of the parish: [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Mary and St Nicholas (1047667)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Newman's Littlemore legacy". St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 688. ISBN   0-14-071045-0.
  4. ↑ Howell, Peter (1983). "Newman's Church at Littlemore". The Oxford Art Journal. 6 (1). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Building". St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Parishes: Littlemore Pages 206-214 A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5, Bullingdon Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1957". British History Online.
  7. ↑ "Littlemore SS Mary the Virgin and Nicholas, Littlemore". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Vicars and Priests-in-Charge of Littlemore". St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Anne COAKLEY (née FURBER)" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  10. ↑ K. E. Macnab, 'Copeland, William John (1804–1885)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 accessed 11 June 2017
  11. ↑ "Helen-Ann Macleod Hartley" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Teresa Jean Morgan" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "John Bernard Muddiman" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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