Oswestry: St Oswald, King & Martyr

Name:
Oswestry: St Oswald, King & Martyr
Record Type:
Major Parish Church
Church code:
620525
Diocese:
Lichfield
Archdeaconry:
Salop
Parish:
St. Oswald, King and Martyr, Oswestry

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Oswestry

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Post Medieval

Exterior Image

Exterior image of 620525 St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry
Caption:
Exterior image of 620525 St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry
Year / Date:
2012, February 03
Copyright:
Jeremy Bolwell
Originator:
Jeremy Bolwell

Summary Description

A large church, but without mention of the dedication, was included in the Domesday Book however, in the years immediately after the Domesday Book’s completion, a church in Oswestry, dedicated to St Oswald, was recorded in the cartulary of Shrewsbury Abbey. The church, parts of which to date from C12th, was severely damaged during the Civil War and a rebuild was completed in the early 1670s. Further interior reordering of the church took place during 1872-74 by Victorian architect G E Street. The current church has a Grade II* listing.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is open for worship.
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Church Website

Church Website:
http://www.stoswaldsoswestry.org.uk

Sources and Further Information

Mike Searle (2013, April 12) Interior image of 620525 St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry. [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Interior image of 620525  St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry.
Jeremy Bolwell (2012, February 03) Exterior image of 620525 St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of 620525 St Oswald, King & Martyr, Oswestry
Church of England (2021) A Church Near You https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/4420/ [Digital Archive/Index]
View information on worship and access at this church
Elliott Ryder Conservation (2021 / 8 September ) Final Conservation Report for the Yale Memorial [Digital Archive/Document]
Final Conservation Report for the Yale Memorial
ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~122720~118024 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 07460

Coverage - 1872-1875

Created by STREET, George Edmund: b. 1824 - d. 1881 of London

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~122730~118025 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 07460

Coverage - 1874

Created by STREET, George Edmund: b. 1824 - d. 1881 of London

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~122740~118026 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 07460

Coverage - 1872-1875

Created by STREET, George Edmund: b. 1824 - d. 1881 of London

ICBS (1817-1989) Incorporated Church Building Society Archive https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~34~34~122750~118027 [Archive/Graphic material]

Groundplan

ICBS File Number - 07460

Coverage - 1872

Created by STREET, George Edmund: b. 1824 - d. 1881 of London

Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 8 Bells [Archive/Index]
8 Bells