St Peter's Church, Caversham

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St Peter's Church
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St Peter's Church tower
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St Peter's Church
Location within Reading
51°28′6.84″N0°58′50.86″W / 51.4685667°N 0.9807944°W / 51.4685667; -0.9807944
Location Caversham, Reading
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website stpetercaversham.org.uk
History
Founded1162
Dedication Saint Peter
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designation Grade II* [1]
Style Norman
Administration
Diocese Oxford
Archdeaconry Berkshire

St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in Caversham, a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated close to the River Thames in Caversham Heights.

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History

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View from the south, 1800-1809

The church dates to 1162. [2]

Royalists stationed troops in St Peter's Church during the Siege of Reading in 1643, and situated a cannon on top of the church tower. The Parliamentarians used artillery to destroy the tower. The church itself was also damaged in the process. [3] [4] [5] The tower was initially replaced with a wooden tower. A south aisle was added in 1878, along with the present tower. It has eight bells, the oldest of which dates to 1637. Rectorial rights were restored in 1916. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Peter, Reading". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Brief History" . Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Phillips, Daphne (1980). The Story of Reading. Countryside Books. p. 62. ISBN   0-905392-07-8.
  4. ↑ "Caversham (in Oxfordshire)". Royal Berkshire History. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Early History of Caversham". Caversham.info. Retrieved 11 May 2011.


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