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Witney - St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church
Church Green
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 4AW

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St Mary's Church - Witney

Standing at one end of Church Green, the imposing 156ft spire and impressive size of St Mary’s reflects the wealth and importance of Witney in the Middle Ages; much of this wealth came from the wool trade. It is likely that the Bishops of Winchester were responsible for the founding of the current church some time between 1070 and 1100, though a Saxon church may have stood on the site before this. However the present building is mostly 13th century and was dedicated in 1243.

The church incorporates the mortuary chapel of the Wenman family: brasses show Richard Wenman in a fur-trimmed gown, a purse hanging from his belt, his two wives standing either side of him. Richard Wenman was a wealthy wool merchant, so wealthy that in 1524 he paid 80% of all the tax due in Witney!

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2019 (1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019)

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