St Margaret's Church, Oxford

St Margaret's Church
Parish Church of St Philip and St James with St Margaret

St Margaret's Church, looking northeast from Kingston Road.
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Website www.stmargaretsoxford.org
History
Dedication Saint Margaret of Antioch
Consecrated 1893
Architecture
Style Gothic Revival architecture
Administration
Deanery Oxford
Archdeaconry Oxford
Diocese Oxford
Province Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s) Dr Andrew Bunch

St Margaret's Church[1] is a church in North Oxford, England.[2] It is near the northern end of Kingston Road, at the corner of St Margaret's Road.

The church was built between 1883 and 1893. The building is Grade II listed.[3] The parish War Memorial adjoins the southwestern end of St. Margaret's churchyard. Dedicated in 1920, it is in the form of a calvary.[4]

History and features

As north Oxford was built up and its population grew in Victorian times, new parishes were created out of parts of St. Giles' parish. They included St Philip and St James', consecrated in 1862 and St. Margaret's, founded as a daughter church of St. Philip and St James in 1883. The church was designed by H. G. W. Drinkwater.[3] The foundation stone was laid on 8 May 1883. The church was consecrated by Bishop Stubbs on 22 November 1893. A new tower designed by G. F. Bodley was started in 1899, but was never completed, this remains as the south-west porch.[3] The Lady Chapel contains three fine windows by F. C. Eden based on an iconographic theme ‘The Plan of Salvation’, picturing the Nativity (Incarnation), the Crucifixion (Atonement) and Pentecost (the gift of the Spirit to the Church).[5] St Margaret's became a parish in its own right in August 1896. It was reunited with St Philip and St James parish once more in 1976, and St Philip and St James Church was declared redundant in 1982. In 1983 the parish of St Philip and St James with St Margaret and the parish of St Giles were reunited in a united benefice.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "St Margaret, Church of". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. p. 409. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ↑ "Oxford St Margaret's, Oxford". The Church of England. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Church of St Margaret, St Margarets Road (1068754)". National Heritage List for England.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "War Memorial at St Margaret's Church (1392249)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ↑ "The Church Building". St Margaret's Church. Retrieved 23 February 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "The history of the parish". St Margaret's Church. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  7. ↑ St. Margaret's Church, Oxford, centenary year 1883–1983 (St Margaret's Church, 1983).
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