St Mary the Virgin, Wheatley

Church of St Mary the Virgin

St Mary's Church and graveyard
Location Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England
Denomination Church of England
Website https://www.achurchnearyou.com/wheatley-st-mary-the-virgin/
Administration
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Mary, Wheatley". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Sherwood, Jennifer (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300096392; p. 837
  3. ↑ Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Wheatley (1284661)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 January 2012
  4. ↑ Mendick, Robert (9 July 2016). "The Oxford romance that has guided Theresa May from tragedy to triumph". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Levy, Geoffrey. "Philip, the husband who will be Denis to Theresa's Maggie (without the G&Ts): GEOFFREY LEVY on future PM's 'rock' who preferred to stand in the shadows". Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ↑ CWGC Cemetery report, details from casualty record.

Coordinates: 51°44′51″N 1°08′12″W / 51.7476°N 1.1367°W / 51.7476; -1.1367

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