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the church explorer the church explorer in this blog i will take you the many churches and churchyards i have visited while out church crawling you will see photos of the churches through out the united kingdom that i have been to the tabbed pages show the counties with a list of the churches and cemeteries that are in the blog there is one with google maps showing where the churches that i have visited you can also subscribe by email the church explorer is published at 21 00 hrs each saturday pages home church explorer map misc counties cemeteries wales oxfordshire oxfordshires best churches berkshire hampshire saturday 9 may 2026 st michael aston tirrold this is a revisit to a church in the next village to me now i did visit st michael back in 2013 but i though i really should write a new blog on the church as i had forgotten what a pretty church it was there may have been a church on the site of the church of england parish church of saint michael since the saxon period as the north aisle has a square headed doorway that may date from this period the doorway is clearly not in its original position as it links the 19th century north aisle with the vestry the church is a grade ii listed building the norman south doorway is 11th century the nave and chancel were also norman built in the 12th century but the chancel was rebuilt in the early english gothic style in the first half of the 13th century the priest s doorway and lancet windows survive from this time the south transept is also from the first half of the 13th century but was remodeled in the first half of the 14th century the decorated gothic east window of the chancel is also 14th century page and ditchfield thought that the bell tower was from the first half of the 13th century however it is perpendicular gothic which suggests it is no earlier than the middle of the 14th century st michael s used to have a rood loft it was removed presumably during the english reformation and the stairs are now blocked the upper and lower doorways to the stairs are late perpendicular gothic in 1863 the church was restored and the gothic revival north aisle was added the aisle has three bays designed in a 14th century style the organ loft was added in 1910 but includes a 15th century perpendicular gothic window that may have come from the north wall of the nave when the north aisle was built the tower has a ring of six bells the third bell was cast in about 1599 probably at salisbury in wiltshire joseph carter of reading berkshire cast the second bell in 1603 henry i knight of reading cast the fourth bell in 1617 and ellis i knight cast the fifth bell in 1639 lester and pack of the whitechapel bell foundry cast the tenor bell in about 1769 mears and stainbank also of the whitechapel bell foundry cast the treble bell in 1937 there is also a sanctus bell cast by an unidentified foundry in about 1499 st michael s is now part of the benefice of the churn south aspect of st michael chancel end with priest door east end to the north side you can see the new extension south west view from the south east from the west entrance to the churchyard the churchyard is not large containing older burials along with a tomb chest and a couple of other tombs a lot of the older headstones are used to like the bank holding it back in the shade of the yew tree the path going to the church before i go inside the church i thought i should show where the cemetery is now further along the road you will see this lychgate this is the cemetery used by both aston tirrold and aston upthorp the adjoining village i thought this was the war memorial but i think it is some ones monument the cemetery is well kept it also contains a fair number of gr ave i always seem to find a grave of a young child which i find sad this one of a child reading a book the churchyard again with obelisk on the porch is this memorial the church is kept lock due to boneheads vandalizing but today it was opened for me porch wall echo awards inside is bright and cheerful looking into the chancel the chancel and choir stalls altar with really nice cloth east window showing the crucifixion looking back to the nave the pulpit with a reminder of easter view from the pulpit the church did have a rood loft the door in front the entrance above where you came out the corbels on the chancel arch are painted the green man collage of the choir the organ close up of the pipes lancet windows the stained glass on i thought wonderful candelabra the west window some of the memorials harriss memorial this one is more modern than it looks it s just not easy to read langmore memorial wwi roll of honour collage of memorials gillespie memorial south transept window in the chapel mothers union banner and roll of honour the south transept chapel the altar closer view of the altar prayer desk box pew where the creche is at the back of the north aisle organ by the vestry door cross family memorials the door going from the chancel to the north aisle looking across the church from the lectern the chancel from the back of the north aisle to the chancel and south transept at one time there was a window over the entrance door view of the church from the entrance church chest bequests the tower recess could not say how old the font was could be norman the church from the font with that i will leave you till next time have a peaceful week posted by billy blue eyes at 21 00 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom follow by email get new posts by email subscribe translate about me billy blue eyes i ve been called an historian and photographer though i claim to be neither i m an opportunist and will take photos of things that i find interesting who likes visit churches to write blogs about and read some history on the places i visit all the photos i use are my own unless stated otherwise please do not use them without asking first view my complete profile 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