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Churches along the Thames
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Please enjoy this rich selection of churches either on or just off our route.
Iffley shortly after leaving Oxford
The website Britain Express urged us to visit this church because it is regarded as one of the finest examples of 12th-century Norman church architecture in England.
If you are interested in reading further, check out their website
https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/oxfordshire/churches/Iffley.htm
St Helen's Church at Abingdon
Walking through the flower filled water meadow into Abingdon, by the site of the old Abbey founded in 676AD but suffered being dismantled with the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538. The stones were removed by barge and taken downstream to be used at various royal sites in London.
As we passed St Helen's church, the doors were open and we were fascinated by the panorama of the stained glass windows - see below.
St John the Baptist Moulsford
The church site was originally medieval and was substantially rebuilt in about 1850. It is most attractive with its flintstone and timber bellcote.
The Parish Church at Streatley
This was the inland view from
our hotel where this church was just next door.
A lovely church in a similar architectural style to other local churches with its use of irregular stones rather than blocks. The church sits by the Thames in Streatley and is on the Thames Path National Trail. One of its claims to fame is that Lewis Carroll once preached at the church in 1864.
Goring on Thames Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
Streatley and Goring are two important pretty villages straddling either bank of the Thames and connected by a bridge.The church in Goring is Listed Grade 1 It dates from 1100 and still contains its Norman origins. It is dedicated to St Thomas Becket.
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