Easington, South Oxfordshire

For the town near Banbury, north Oxfordshire, see Easington, Cherwell.

Easington is a small village in the civil parish of Cuxham with Easington, in the South Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of Wallingford and about 6 miles (10 km) south of Thame. In 1931 the parish had a population of 20.^[1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Cuxham to form "Cuxham with Easington".^[2]

Easington
St Peter's parish church
Easington Location within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SU6697
Civil parish	Cuxham with Easington
District	South Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Watlington
Postcode district	OX49
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Henley
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.669°N 1.044°W / 51.669; -1.044

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in the 14th century. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel with no chancel arch between them. The chancel masonry is ashlar, noticeably better-dressed and more evenly coursed than that of the nave. The church building includes a 12th-century Norman doorway re-used from an earlier church on the same site.^[3] The font is tub-shaped, suggesting that it too is Norman. The chancel windows are Perpendicular Gothic. The east window has ogee tracery and includes 14th century stained glass.^[3] The piscina also is ogeed. Beside the east window on the east wall are the remains of a medieval wall painting. The woodwork of the pulpit and reading desk are Jacobean items carved in the 17th century. The pulpit bears the date 1633 but Sherwood and Pevsner suggest that it was assembled in the 19th century from Jacobean materials.^[3] St. Peter's is a Grade II* listed building.^[4]

Gallery

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  St. Peter's parish church: porch with Norman doorway
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  St. Peter's parish church: east window of chancel
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  St. Peter's parish church: piscina
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  St. Peter's parish church: remains of wall painting in chancel
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  St. Peter's parish church: Jacobean pulpit
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  St. Peter's parish church: Jacobean reading desk

References

1. "Population statistics Easington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. "Relationships and changes Easington CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
3. Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 591.
4. Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1059753)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

Sources

• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 591. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

External links

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