Wheatley : St Mary the Virgin

Originally built during the 18th Century but so disliked by the Bishop of Oxford, Samuel Wilberforce, that a new church was designed and built by George Edmund Street. It is a grade II* listed example of Gothic Revival architecture.

About this church

The building is constructed from Wheatley limestone. The west tower was completed in 1868 with the addition of the spire built by Hollands of Thame.
The belfry contains six bells, four of which are from the original 18th century church and one of which is a Russian Sanctus bell from Troitsa (thought to have been claimed as a spoil of war) given to the church in 1921 and about which there is romantic speculation.

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