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Visiting Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire

9/15/2018

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The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, known as Dorchester Abbey, is located in the picturesque south Oxfordshire village of Dorchester-on-Thames.  Below is my choice for a retirement home, nearby!​
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Don't I wish!
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Dorchester Abbey grew out of a 12th century monastery and is now a parish church, decorated on the day we visited in May 2018 for a wedding later in the day.  Note that this is the Oxford village of Dorchester, not the Dorset town.
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The lead baptismal font, one of only thirty remaining in England, dates from  c. 1170 stands on a limestone base from the Victorian era. In the background are remnants of medieval decoration in the People's Chapel.
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Just above the altar table is a painting of the crucifixion, from the 14th century, re-painted by the Victorians. The cross in the arch above was painted over other earlier scenes. The modern cross, of stainless steel, reflects the cross above it. It was created in 2010 by Brian Catling.
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The Victorian window in the Requiem Chapel.
Click on the pictures above for full size versions. This effigy is likely to be the knight William de Valance the Younger who died in 1282.  He is unsheathing his sword, and his feet are crossed over the head of a lion.  He was probably a knight on one of the Crusades; the sculpture originally would have been brightly colored.
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The Victorians stained glass East Window in the main sanctuary was made from glass collected from other windows in the church about 1814 added to designs and glass from later in the 19th century. 
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Nearby, we stopped for a drop of refreshment at the George. Thanks, Beth Elliot for showing us around 'your world.' Below, Beth's gorgeous lilac bush.
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