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St Mary Magdalene

Wardington

Oxfordshire

C12 origins in chancel which is otherwise C14

Architectural Features

C13 nave arcades

Late C13 north and south aisles and south doorway and sanctus bellcote

C14 vestry

C15 west tower and clerestory

C15 vestry on north

Pointed arched head to C14 vestry doorway has plank door and strap hinges

Impost of C12 chancel arch reset behind pulpit

Responds of the east arch of the north arcade C12 with large grooved imposts

C13 double chamfered arches and round piers with square bases

The 2 west piers on the south of quatrefoil section are probably C14

Screened from the aisle and open to the chancel through a wide C14 arch with half-octagonal responds

Screen in the south aisle partly C14, the base and cresting renewed

Screen between chancel and south chapel incorporates C14 tracery

Monuments

In the south aisle 2 arched C14 tomb recesses, and a C14 slab with a foliated cross

Floor brass to Henry Freebody d.1444

South chapel monument to George Denton d.1757 and 4 floor slabs to members of the Chamberlaine family and memorials to the Wardle, Loveday and Wallace families

The chancel has a marble wall tablet to Edmund French d.1776, and glass commemorating the Chamberlain family

Font, octagonal and dated 1666

Renewed C19 font cover, Hatchment in south aisle. (Buildings of England: 0xfordshire 1974, pp822-3

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