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- 1. St Mary, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England
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Quasi-collegiate church in 12thc., now parish church St Mary's is a large church, now consisting of chancel, N vestry, S chancel chapel, N transept with E chapel, S transept with W chapel, crossing with tower and spire, and aisled nave. Remains of the primary nave, rubble-built with herringbone courses, are 11thc. or earlier. The chancel arch is late 11thc. or early 12thc.; there is documentary evidence, and some archaeological evidence, for a big W tower existing by the 1140s. The church was grandly remodelled during the second half of the 12thc. The tower on crossing-arches was raised over the E part of the former nave, large new transepts and chancel were built, and there was probably a S aisle. A plain round-headed single-splayed window remains in the W wall of each transept. The belfry openings, one in each face of the tower, were remodelled in the 13thc. but retain the plain square jambs and under-chamfered abaci of the 12thc. openings. It was stated in 1871 that `the rough traces of three or four Norman windows in the N wall [of the chancel] were brought to light, when the plaster was stripped. All the masonry of these windows had been apparently removed' (Notes of an Excursion..., 34-5).
- 2. St Bartholomew, Ducklington, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church The church consists of chancel, nave, N and S aisles and W tower, the detail predominantly 13thc. except for the very lavish 14thc. N aisle and the Transitional S arcade. The church also has a 12thc font.
- 3. St Mary, Pyrton, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church Nave and chancel, largely rebuilt by J. C. Buckler in 1854 but preserving their basic original lines. The papers relating to the restoration specify the retention of the Romanesque features (VCH, Oxon. viii, 172). The N and S chancel walls each contains a round-headed window decorated internally with a large continuous nook-roll springing from tall attic bases with a hollow scotia (Rigold's type 59); the N window is largely genuine internally (but 19thc. externally), but the S window is Victorian.
- 4. Holy Rood, Shilton, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church The church consists of a 13thc. chancel, Romanesque nave and S aisle, 13thc. N porch and 15thc. W tower. There is a small round-headed window in the E wall of the S aisle. The chancel arch was probably adapted in the 13thc. from a Romanesque arch with plain square jambs.
- 5. St Mary, Westwell, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church St Mary's is a small two-cell church. The nave is 12thc. and the south porch a later medieval addition, but the nave was lengthened westwards in the 19thc and given a a timber bell-turret towards the west end. The chancel has 13thc. windows, but some or all of the corbel-table is 12thc.
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