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St Mary

Thame

Oxfordshire

Early C13 chancel, nave, transepts, and tower

Architectural Features

C14 widening of aisles, south porch

late C14 clerestory and upper stages to tower

mid C15 reconstruction of north and south transepts

2-bay quadripartite vault with carved bosses

Altar tomb to Lord Williams of Thame and his first wife, Elizabeth, to centre of chancel: reclining figures at prayer on richly carved chest, attributed to Gerard Johnson the elder, repaired by Willaim Bird of Oxford after the Civil War

C16 choir-stalls to chancel with linen-fold panelling

C17 chancel screen with linen-fold panelling to base and arcade on decorated columns

C14 screen to north transept with plank base and reticulated tracery above

Early C18 octagonal wood pulpit and sounding board to left of nave-arch

Font has octagonal stone bowl on re-used C12 and C13 stone work

Church has a fine collection of monuments

Photo coming soon