St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley
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| Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
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St Mary's Church and graveyard
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| Location | Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | https://www.achurchnearyou.com/wheatley-st-mary-the-virgin/ |
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| Diocese | Oxford |
| Province | Canterbury |
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*.[3]
A past vicar of the church was the Reverend Hubert Brasier, father of British Prime Minister Theresa May, who was married at the church.[4][5]
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.[6]
Further reading
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References
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- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300096392; p. 837
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