All Saints, Oving, Buckinghamshire

Description

The church of All Saints is an ancient building of stone principally in the Early English style and consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, south aisle and small modern north transept, south porch and a western tower containing a clock and 3 bells, re-hung since 1882: the brass of Thomas Richardson, rector here 1505-23, is now lost: there are two piscinae, and the remains of rood stairs in the south aisle and a screen of Perpendicular date: in the aisle is a Decorated niche: the church was restored in 1867, the clerestory windows renewed, the south and east walls of the chancel were rebuilt, a new open roof of pine fixed and a carved oak screen placed in the south arch: the reredos, of alabaster and marble, the communion table, stalls and prayer-desk and the pulpit, an octagonal work in Ancaster stone, were all new: the restoration of the clerestory was effected at the cost of the Rev. William Henry Young M.A.. then resident curate and afterwards vicar of North Moreton, Berks, and the members of his family: the communion cloth was given by the Hon. Mrs. Caulfield Pratt (d. March, 1894), and the books by her sons and their tutor: the stained east window was erected in 1882, and more recently the four remaining chancel windows have also been filled with stained glass, one being the gift of Miss Hill, one the gift of 14 priests, and one to the memory of the Hon. Catherine Cecilia Caulfeild Pratt, d. 1894, and her son Douglas Caulfeild Pratt, d. 1888; there are two other stained windows, one of which was placed in 1889: the church was again restored in 1922 at a cost of £2,000, £300 of which was given by Henry Yates Thompson esq. J.P.: there are 230 sittings. In 1937 the church was presented with a roll of the rectors since the year 1241, the gift of Mrs. Henry Yates Thompson.

Church Records

The parish register of baptisms dates from the year 1733; burials from 1678, and marriages from 1780.