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St Peter

Little Oakley

Northamptonshire

C13 and C14, tower probably C15, restored by Slater and Carpenter 1867

Architectural Features

Nave walls "scraped" except above chancel arch where fragments of wall-painting survive

North aisle retains arched entrance to newel stair with carved head above.Chancel: east end shafted, with stiff-leaf capitals and brackets for statues either side

Arch-braced roof on angel corbels, all C19

Two good architectural monuments: to William Montagu, d.1620, and to anther member of the Montagu family but uninscribed c.1575

C19 pulpit with "Feed my sheep" relief, in nave

Font removed

Chancel, tower and aisles divided from nave by C20 timber and glass screens. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: pp294-5).

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