St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley explained

Church of St Mary the Virgin
Location:Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England
Denomination:Church of England
Province:Canterbury
Diocese:Oxford
Website:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/wheatley-st-mary-the-virgin/

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a parish church in Wheatley, Oxfordshire, in the Church of England Diocese of 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*.

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.[3]

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.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St Mary, Wheatley. British Listed Buildings. 14 July 2016.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Yale University Press. ; p. 837
  3. News: Mendick. Robert. The Oxford romance that has guided Theresa May from tragedy to triumph. The Daily Telegraph. 9 July 2016. 13 July 2016.
  4. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/43179/WHEATLEY%20(ST.%20MARY)%20CHURCHYARD