Wheatley

INFORMATION

FontID: 18063WHE
Church/Chapel: Chapel of St. Mary the Virgin [demolished in 1785]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8 km E of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bullingdon
Century and Period: , Medieval
The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 5, 1957) notes: "Wheatley, although a separate tithing, was in the Middle Ages part of Cuddesdon parish [...] There was a chapel at Wheatley by 1427 [ ...] Wheatley was served by a curate, probably chosen by the Vicar of Cuddesdon in the Middle Ages and later by the Bishop of Oxford. [...] The medieval chapel was dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin and lay on the south side of the High Street, presumably where the War Memorial now stands. [...] In 1629 Archibald Archdale failed to get it consecrated as a church. [...] The building was repaired in 1715, [...] but was pulled down in 1785 to make way for the new church. [...] The registers date from 1835." [NB: it is not clear whether a baptismal font existed in the old chapel].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.747, -1.139
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 44′ 49.2″ N, 1° 8′ 20.4″ W
UTM: 30U 628472 5734538

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-12 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.