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Wroxton

Oxfordshire

C14 with C15 clerestory and aisle roofs

Architectural Features

Nave has C14 arcades of 4 bays with octagonal piers, moulded capitals and double-chamfered arches

C14 font recarved in 1845-6. Pulpit made up of Continental C16 and C17 carved woodwork given by Lord North

Communion rails, wainscotting and C15 screen also have inset C16/C17 woodwork

Chancel windows have stained glass panels of the 12 apostles by Clayton and Bell, 1885

Monuments include: canopied alabaster tomb chest with effigies to Sir William Pope, Earl of Downe (d.1631) and his wife Anne (d.1625) with kneeling children

marble wall slab to Lord North (P.M.) (d.1792) carved by John Flaxman in 1800

Brass in chancel to Margaret Bustard (d.1557) mother of Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford.

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