All Saints Church, Nuneham Courtenay
The present All Saints Church in Nuneham Courtenay was built on a site close to the village on the initiative of E. W. Harcourt and at his expense. It cost £3,500: the architect was Clapton Rolfe of Reading. It is of 13th-century style, with a chancel, nave, and organ-chamber. It has been described as a model of a small village church both in its proportions and details. It was consecrated on 18 May 1880. In 1890 a mortuary chapel was added by the founder. Memorial windows commemorate him, Lewis, first Viscount Harcourt, and William Turner. There is a war memorial to those killed in the two World Wars. The register dates from 1715. Historical information about All Saints Church is provided by 'Parishes: Nuneham Courtenay', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 5, Bullingdon Hundred, ed. Mary D Lobel (London, 1957), pp. 234-249. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp234-249 [accessed 23 March 2023]. All Saints Church is a Grade II* listed building. For more information about the listing see CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Nuneham Courtenay - 1286134 | Historic England. For more information about All Saints Church see Parishes: Nuneham Courtenay | British History Online (british-history.ac.uk). |
