Shorthampton

Hamlet in Oxfordshire, England

Human settlement in England

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51°52′44″N 1°31′30″W / 51.879°N 1.525°W / 51.879; -1.525

Shorthampton is a hamlet in Chilson civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of Charlbury, in Oxfordshire, England. The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Saints are Norman, and a round-headed lancet window from this period survives in the north wall of the nave.^[1] The present chancel arch is small and was built in the 13th or 14th century.^[1] Most of the current windows are Perpendicular Gothic. All Saints' has box pews that were added in the 18th century and a south porch that was built in the 19th century.^[1] All Saints' contains several 15th century wall paintings^[1] including a rare one of the "Miracle of the Clay Birds"^[2] from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and another of Saint Zita.^[3] All Saints' is a Grade II* listed building.^[4] All Saints' is part of the Benefice of Charlbury with Shorthampton. Most church services are now held at the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Charlbury.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 763.
^ Marshall, Anne. "The Miracle of the Clay Birds: Shorthampton, Oxfordshire". Painted Church.
^ Marshall, Anne. "St. Zita, Shorthampton, Oxfordshire". Painted Church.
^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1053112)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
^ Charlbury Church of England parish website

Long, E.T. (1972). "Medieval Wall Paintings in Oxfordshire Churches". Oxoniensia. XXXVII. Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society.
Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 763. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.