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Key Image St Mary the Virgin
Church Green
OX28 4AW Witney
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Witney (Diocese of Oxford, Archdeaconry of Dorchester, Witney)
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.78073° N, 1.48499° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1243
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Three-aisled, gothic basilica with transept, chancel and tower over the crossing
Name derivation: After Mary, Jesus’s mother
Building material
  • Limestone
Windows
  • West window with Joseph narrative (1869; by William Wailes)
Noteworthy
  • Tomb slab for the Wenman family with brass cover (early 16th cent.)
History:
1162:   First recorded
1243:   Dedication of the new building (including transept and spire)
14th cent.:   Chapels attached on the north-west and south-east sides
15th cent.:   Clerestory added (15th or early 16th cent.)
19th cent.:   Restoration of the interior
Important persons:
Patron:  Mary (c. 22 BCE – c. 48 CE, mother of Jesus [featured article])
Sources
British History Online: Witney borough: Parish church and church life, www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol14/pp130-144, 20.09.2017
Witney Parish (Hg.): Kirchenführer St Mary the Virgin
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