Oxford No. 23 / Oxeneford
INFORMATION
FontID: 18073OXF
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Frideswide [cf. ChurchNotes]
Church Patron Saints: St. Frideswide
Church Location: [later integrated into the Cathedral of Christ Church]
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: [now part of the Cathedral of Christ Church]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Oxford]
Historical Region: Hundred of Headington
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Church Notes: the church, which had been readied for destruction in the 1520s by Cardinal Wolsey to build the grounds for his new 'Cardinal College', survived after Wolsey's fall and was integrated into the later church and cathedral of Christ Church College
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There are thirteen entries for Oxford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5106/oxford/] [accessed 10 November 2016]; two of them mentions a church in each. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 4, 1979) notes: "The parish was first recorded c. 1170-80 [...] may have been built after the foundation of St. Frideswide's priory in 1122 to fulfil the parochial functions of the earlier minister. [...] In 1298 the parish was united with St. Edward's and the church closed." The VCH (Oxford, vol. 2, 1907) further notes that, after an attempt by Cardinal Wolsey failed to destroy the church in the 1520s, it was integrated into the building of the church -later cathedral- of Christ Church college. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this disappeared church].
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.