St Mary's Church, Longworth

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St Mary's Church, Longworth
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St Mary's Church, Longworth
Location Longworth, Oxfordshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Previous denomination Roman Catholic Church
Churchmanship Central
History
StatusActive
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Years built13th century
Administration
Parish Longworth
Deanery Vale of White Horse
Archdeaconry Dorchester
Episcopal area Dorchester
Diocese Oxford
Clergy
Rector Talisker Tracey-MacLeod
Assistant priest(s) Tony Lynn
Laity
Reader(s) Richard Waterhouse

St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Longworth, Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire). The church is a Grade I listed building. [1]

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History

The oldest parts of the church date to the 13th-century. The current chancel, west tower, and north aisle were built in the 15th century. [1]

The tower has a ring of five bells. Richard Keene of Woodstock cast the third, fourth and tenor bells in 1662. Henry III Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire, cast the second bell in 1746, presumably at his foundry at Witney. James Wells of Aldbourne, Wiltshire, cast the treble bell in 1807. St Mary's has also a Sanctus bell that was cast in about 1890 by an unknown founder. The five bells are currently unringable. [2]

On 21 November 1966, the church was designated a Grade I listed building. [1]

Present day

St Mary's parish is part of the benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester of the Diocese of Oxford. [3] It stands in the central tradition of the Church of England. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1048616)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. Davies, Peter (1 April 2016). "Longworth S Mary". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers . Central Council for Church Bell Ringers . Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Archbishops' Council. "Longworth: St Mary, Longworth". A Church Near You. Church of England . Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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