St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon

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St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon
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St Peter and St Paul, Checkendon
Location in Oxfordshire
Coordinates: 51°32′33″N1°02′42″W / 51.5424°N 1.0450°W / 51.5424; -1.0450
OS grid reference SU 6632583043
Location Checkendon, Oxfordshire
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
History
Status Parish church
Foundedc. 634 (reputed)
Founder(s) Birinus (reputed)
Dedication Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated9 February 1959
Architectural type Norman
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Oxford
Archdeaconry Dorchester
Deanery Henley
Clergy
Rector Rev. Kevin Davies

St Peter and St Paul is the Church of England parish church of Checkendon, a village in Oxfordshire, England. Its parish is part of the Deanery of Henley in the Diocese of Oxford. [1] Its earliest parts are 12th-century and it is a Grade I listed building. [2]

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The church is a Norman building. All but one of the windows were replaced later in the Middle Ages with Decorated Gothic and Perpendicular Gothic ones, and the Perpendicular Gothic west tower is also a later addition. [3]

The church is served by Langtree Team Ministry, which is also responsible for St Mary’s Church in Ipsden, St Mary’s Church in North Stoke, St John the Evangelist Church in Stoke Row, St John the Baptist in Whitchurch Hill, St Mary’s Church in Whitchurch-on-Thames, and St Leonard’s Church in Woodcote. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Checkendon: St Peter & St Paul". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Historic England (9 February 1959). "Church of St Peter and St Paul (1180822)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 533–534.
  4. ↑ "Welcome". Langtree Team Ministry. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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