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- 1. St Helen, Albury, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church Demolished and rebuilt in 1828. A painting and an engraving made shortly before that date (Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. a.65, No.34; Bodl. G.A. Oxon.a.76 f.3) show that there were plain, round-headed doorways in both the N and S walls of the nave, the former with continuous chamfers or rolls and a label. The font is the only Romanesque feature.
- 2. St Nicholas, Asthall, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church Asthall is a village in the Windrush valley, 3.5 miles downstream of the important Taynton quarries. The church consists of chancel, nave, N aisle and 15thc. W tower. The nave is presumably Transitional or earlier since it retains a Transitional N arcade and elements of a Romanesque chancel arch. The N aisle retains in its E wall the crease of its original high-pitched roof, but was otherwise rebuilt in the late 13thc. and later. The chancel is 13thc., as is the N chapel, which was remodelled in the 14thc. The arches from the chancel and N aisle into the N chapel are (pace Pevsner) 13thc., though the latter re-uses two late Romanesque shafts. The whole church was savagely restored in the 19thc., partly in a Romanesque style which confuses analysis of its architectural development.
- 3. 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).
- 4. St Mary, Cogges, Oxfordshire, England
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Parish church St Mary's consists of a nave with aisles and a NW turret and a chancel with a N chapel. The nave probably dates from the11thc., and the S aisle was added in the late12thc. The chancel is 13thc and the N chapel, N aisle and NW tower were all added in the mid 14thc. The church also boasts a plain font, probably 12thc.
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