The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in Wheatley, Oxfordshire, in the Church of England Diocese of Oxford.
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church and graveyard | |
 | |
| Location | Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/stmaryswheatley.org/stmaryswheatley/home |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Oxford |
The church was designed by George Edmund Street and built in 1855–57 in the Gothic Revival style.[1][2] It is listed at Grade II*.[3]
A past vicar of the church was the Reverend Hubert Brasier, father of former British Prime Minister Theresa May, who was married at the church.[4]
The churchyard contains three Commonwealth war graves, of a Wiltshire Regiment soldier of World War I, and a Royal Navy sailor and Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry soldier of World War II.[5]
Further reading
edit- Brasier, Hubert (1973). A guide to the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley. Gloucester, U.K.: British Publishing Co. ISBN 9780714009742. OCLC 877235253.
References
edit- ^ "Church of St Mary, Wheatley". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300096392; p. 837
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary, Wheatley (1284661)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Mendick, Robert (9 July 2016). "The Oxford romance that has guided Theresa May from tragedy to triumph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery report, details from casualty record.
External links
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