St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford

.]] The church has a nave with a north aisle and vestry, a Perpendicular Gothic west tower, a chancel and a south porch. The nave was rebuilt in the late 15th or early 16th century to meet a tower of approximately the same age; it is often dated to 1521, but appears to be built on older foundations. A candelabrum given by Ann Kendall in 1705 hangs in the chancel. The chancel ceiling was decorated with a pattern of gold stars on a blue background in 1914. Two years later, an altar was erected at the east end of the north aisle, and an aumbry placed in the north wall of the chancel. The royal arms of William IV are displayed in the tower. The churchyard contains Combe House, a 1702 building…

The parish of St Thomas the Martyr had passed Resolutions A and B under the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993, to reject the ordination of women as priests. It also petitioned for and received alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, then the provincial episcopal visitor for traditionalist Anglo-Catholics. In September 2015 the parish was united with the neighbouring parish of St Barnabas, Oxford, to form the new parish of St Barnabas and St Paul, with St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. St Barnabas is the parish church and St Thomas is the chapel of ease. The first vicar of the new parish was Fr Jonathan Beswick. In 2019, he was succeeded by Fr Christopher Woods. In…