Oxfordshire Churches from around this mostly rural English County's towns & villages.

These pictures are of Oxfordshire Churches located between the Oxfordshire towns of Abingdon and Lower Heyford.

There really are a lot of churches in Oxfordshire - with even really tiny villages boasting their own local church. These village churches are often quite small but gorgeous to look at - and of course generally have lots of wildlife, wild flowers and nice trees around them too. This page of Oxfordshire Church Photos covers the churches to be found in the county's villages and towns with names starting between A and L. Photographs of churches located within Oxfordshire with Towns and Villages names between M and Y can be seen on our Oxfordshire Churches M to Y. We also have many other church photos from other English Counties - please see our Buckinghamshire Churches and/or our English Churches topics.

It is interesting to note how many Oxfordshire churches are named either St Mary, St Mary's or St Mary the Virgin - seems to apply to just about every other church around South Oxfordshire. Our English churches come in many shapes and sizes although ultimately the layout is in the traditional cruciform shape, aligned East to West. As mentioned many Oxfordshire villages have their own small churches which quite often date back for 100's of years - some of them belong to or were built by rich landowners so you can often find a small church near a Manor House and also located in what is now private grounds. Despite the basic shape it is quite amazing how different they often actually are in design and how beautiful many of them are to look at. They often have a very large yew tree nearby, lots of not so often seen wild flowers etc. surround the edges of the graveyards and for (the benefit of?) walkers, visitors and cyclists there are often wooden seats in the graveyards which provide a nice peaceful location for a picnic which is why we often plan our walks to arrive by a church around lunch time if possible.

At least one huge Yew trees is usually to be found growing right next to the church - Yew trees are extremely long-lived and were treated by the ancient Britons as a place of burial, worship and for other important ceremonies - therefore these sacred places led the first Christians to build their new churches next to them.

Abingdon
St Helen

St Helen Church
Abingdon

St Nicolas Church
Abingdon

Adderbury
St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church
Adderbury

St Mary
Adwell

St Marys Church
Adwell

St Helens Church Albury

Albury
St Helens

Ambrosden
St Mary the Virgin

Ambrosden, St Mary the Virgin Church

Appleford
St Peter and St Paul

St Peter and St Paul
Appleford

Ardley
St Marys

St Marys Church
Ardley Oxfordshire

Ardington
Holy Trinity

Ardington
Holy Trinity Church

Asthall
St Nicholas

St Nicholas Church
Asthall

Aston_Rowant-St Peter and St Paul

Aston_Rowant
St Peter and St Paul

Aston Tirroid
St Michaels

St Michaels Church
Aston Tirroid

Aston Upthorpe
All Saints

All Saints church
Aston Upthorpe

Aston
St James

St James
Aston

Bampton
St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin church
Bampton

St Johns Church
Barford St John

Barford St John
St John's

St Michaels
Barford St Michaels

Barford St Michaels
St Michaels

Beckley, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Beckley

Benson
St Helens

St Helen's Church
Benson

Berwick Salome
St Helens

St Helens
Berwick Salome

St Edburgs
Bicester

Binfield Heath Concregational

Binfield Heath Concregational

St James church, Bix
England

Bix
St James

Bix Bottom
St James Church

Bletchingdon Park
St Giles

St Giles
Bletchingdon Park

St Michaels
Blewbury

Blewbury
St Michaels

St Michaels
Blewbury

St Michaels
Blewbury

Bloxham
St Mary's Church

St Mary's church
Bloxham

Brightwell-Baldwin
St Bartholomew

Brightwell Baldwin
St Bartholomew

Britwell Salome
St Nicholas

Brize-Norton
St Britius

St Britius
Brize-Norton

Bucknell
St Peter

St Peter's Church
Bucknell

St John the Baptist
Burford

Burford
St John the Baptist

Burford, St John the Baptist

Burford
St John the Baptist

Cassington
St Peters

St Peters
Cassington

Chalgrove
St Mary's

Chalgrove
St Mary's Church

Charlbury
St Mary the Virgin

Charlton on Otmoor
St Marys

St Marys Church
Charlton on Otmoor

St Peter and St Paul
Checkendon

Checkendon
St Peter and St Paul

St Mary's Church
Chesterton

St Marys
Chesterton

Childrey
St Marys

Chilton
All Saints

All Saints
Chilton

Chinnor
St Andrews church

Christmas Common Oxfordshire

Christmas Common Church

St Peter + St Paul
Church Hanborough

Church Hanborough
St Peter + St Paul

Clanfield
St Stephens

St Stephens
Clanfield

Clifton Hampden
St Michael + All Angels

St Michael + All Angels
Clifton Hampden

Clifton Hampden, St Michael + All Angels

Combe St Laurence's Church

St Lawrence
Combe Oxfordshire

Cropredy
St Mary the Virgin

Cropredy
St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin
Cropredy

Cropredy
St Mary the Virgin

Croughton All Saints

Croughton
All Saints

The Blessed Virgin Mary
Crowell

Crowell
Blessed Virgin Mary

Crowmarsh Gifford
St Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene
Crowmarsh Gifford

Cuddesdon
All Saints

Cuddesdon Church
All Saints

Culham
St Pauls

Cuxham, Church of the Holy Rood

Church of the Holy Rood, Cuxham

Deddington
St Peter and St Paul

St Peter and St Paul's
Deddington

Drayton
St Peters

St Peters
Drayton England

Drayton St Leonards
St Leonard + St Catherine

Drayton St Leonards
St Leonard + St Catherine

Oxfordshire
Dorchester Abbey

Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire

Dorchester, St Birinus Catholic Church

St Mary Magdalene's
Duns Tew

Duns Tew
St Mary Magdalene

Easington
St Peters

St Peters Church
Easington

East Challow
St Nicholas

East Lockinge
All Saints

All Saints Church
East Lockinge

Emmington
St Nicholas

St Niocholas
Emmington

Ewelme
St Mary the Virgin

Ewelme
St Mary the Virgin

Fifield
St John the Baptist

Forest Hill
St Nicolas

St Nicolas
Forest Hill England

Freeland
St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin
Fritwell

Fritwell
St Olave

St Olave's Church
Fritwell

Fulbrook
St James the Great

St James the Great
Fulbrook

Garsington
St Marys

St Marys Church
Garsington

Goddington
Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity
Goddington

Holy Trinity
Goddington

Holy Trinity
Goddington

Goring, St Thomas of Canterbury

St Peter's Church
Great Haseley

St Peters
Great Haseley

St Mary the Virgin
Great Milton

Great Milton
St Mary the Virgin

St Andrew's church
Great Rollright

Great Rollright
St Andrews

Great Tew
St Michael and All Angels

Great Tew
St Michael + All Angels

St Giles Church
Hampton Gay

Hampton Gay
St Giles

Hampton Foyle
St Marys

St Marys
Hampton Poyle

Harpsden
St Margarets

Harpsden
St Margaret

Hempton, St John the Evangelist

Hempton, St John the Evangelist

Henley
St Mary the Virgin

St Mary the Virgin
Henley

St Nicholas's church
Heythorp

Heythrop
St Nicholas's church

St Pauls
Highmoor Cross

Highmoor Cross
St Pauls

Hook Norton
St Peter's Church

Hook Norton
St Peters

St Giles
Horspath

Horspath
St Giles

Horton-cum-Studley
St Barnabas

St Barnabas
Horton-cum-Studley

Idbury
St Nicholas

Ikford
St Nicholas

Iffley
St Marys

St. Marys Church
Iffley

Islip
St Nicholas

St Nicholas's
Islip

St Barnabas, Jericho, Oxfordshire

Kidlington
St Mary the Virgin

Kidlington
St Mary the Virgin

Kirtlington- St Mary the Virgin

Kirtlington
St Mary the Virgin

The Tower
St Marys, Launton

Launton
St Mary's Church

Letcombe-Bassett
St Michaels

Letcombe Regis
St Andrews

Lewknor
St Margarets

St Margarets
Lewknor

St Jame's
Little Milton

Little Milton
St James

Little Rollright
St Phillips

Little Rollright
St Phillips

St John the Evangelist
Little Tew

Little Tew
St John the Evangelist

Little Wittenham
St Peters Church

St Mary the Virgin
Long Wittenham

Long Wittenham
St Mary the Virgin

Lower Assendon Church

Lower Assendon Church

Lower Heyford
St Marys

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