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St Michael

Eaton Hastings

Oxfordshire

Mainly C13 but restored in 1870, 1872 and 1895

Architectural Features

2- and 3-light Early English lancets to S wall of nave, blocked Norman doorway, one Early English lancet on N wall of nave

C19 porch with gabled stone tiled roof and a C13 S doorway with a rounded-trefoiled head

Deep splays to the Norman and Early English windows on N wall

Fine set of stained glass by Morris & Co: 1874 nave N side, St Matthew with Angel by Edward Burne-Jones

Polygonal Jacobean pulpit with much strapwork and arcading

Font also Jacobean - an octagonal stone base with octagonal bowl and contemporary wooden cover with a crucifix supported by 4 brackets

A C Sewter, The Stained Glass of Williams Morris and his Circle, 1975, 2, 67.

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