St Mary the Virgin, Iffley

For other places with the same name, see St Mary the Virgin (disambiguation).
St Mary the Virgin
Church of St Mary the Virgin

View of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley.
Location Oxford
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England[1]
Tradition Broad Church
Website iffley.co.uk
History
Dedication Saint Mary
Architecture
Style Romanesque
Years built c.1160-1230
Administration
Deanery Cowley
Archdeaconry Oxford
Diocese Oxford
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Andrew McKearney

The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Iffley[2] is a church in the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire, England, now absorbed as a suburb of the city of Oxford.

The Romanesque church was built c.1160 by the St Remy family, probably financed with funds from the de Clintons of Kenilworth Castle.[3] The Early Gothic east end was extended in c.1230, when a cell was constructed on the south-side for the anchoress Annora.[4][5]

The building has not been changed too much over the centuries, retaining its round-arched windows and doorways.[6][7] It is Grade I listed. The church includes a stained glass window by the 20th century artist John Piper.

See also

References

  1. "Iffley St Mary the Virgin, Iffley". The Church of England. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Mary the Virgin". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 414. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  3. Phythian-Adams, Mark (Jun 2006). "The patronage of Iffley church - a new line of enquiry" (PDF). Ecclesiology Today (36): 7–23. ISSN 1460-4213. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England (1939). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 151–154.
  5. Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 658–661. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
  6. Ross, David. "Iffley Church". Britain Express. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  7. Wall, Lionel. "Iffley". UK: Great English Churches. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

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Coordinates: 51°43′39″N 1°14′18″W / 51.7274°N 1.2382°W / 51.7274; -1.2382

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