North Moreton

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North Moreton
Berkshire
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High Street, North Moreton
Location
Grid reference: SU560895
Location: 51°36’7"N, 1°11’31"W
Data
Population: 341  (2001)
Post town: Didcot
Postcode: OX11
Dialling code: 01235
Local Government
Council: South Oxfordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Wantage
Website: North Moreton

North Moreton is a village in Berkshire about 2 miles east of Didcot.

All Saints' parish church

The parish church of All Saints was built in the 13th century.

In the 14 century an intricate chantry chapel was built within the church for the Stapleton family. Although chantries were abolished as superstitious institutions at the Reformation, the structure remains, serving the wider purposes of the church. It is a fine example of mediaeval craftsmanship, with geometrical tracery, spirited carving outside, and an east window filled with 14th century glass showing the Passion of Christ and incidents in the lives of Mary, St Peter, St Paul and St Nicholas.[1]

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References

  1. Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; p. 114

Books

  • Howat, Gerald (2000). A History of North Moreton. North Moreton: North Moreton Press. ISBN 0950695742. 
  • Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds (1923). A History of the County of Berkshire, Volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 492–498. 
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Berkshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 186–187. 
Former Methodist chapel, 1839