STAGE 1 HEADINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH
The story of Headington Baptist Church began around 1819- the first building for was a Mission Hall in the Croft, built in 1836. In 1884 the church bought three cottages where the present church building is situated. These three cottages became a new chapel. The first services were held on Sunday 20th October 1901. The total cost was just over £547. The church was extended at various times over the next 70 years. By the 1990s the building was in a poor state structurally, there were problems with damp, it was not accessible for people with disabilities, and it was not meeting the needs of a growing congregation and the local community.
In 1998 the church agreed to rebuild. A major feature of the new build was space in a basement for youth and children’s work. In 2004 the final service was held in the old building and on the 6th November 2006 the new building held its first service. The church is the RIBA South Conservation Award 2008 Winner.
STAGE 2 ST ANDREWS CHURCH
It is not known when the first church was built on this ancient site but archaeological evidence of tile-working in Roman times offers the fascinating possibility that this first became a place of worship more than 1700 years ago. Medieval Oxford, that "other place" which appeared later in history, was carved out of the royal domain of Headington by the year 912. The earliest known mention of the (royal) village of Headington is in a deed of King Ethelred, dated St Andrewstide (7 Dec) 1004. It was a seat of Royalty during the reigns of the later Anglo-Saxon Kings. King Ethelred is thought to have been christened here. Henry 1 (died 1135) was perhaps the last king to reside in the parish. According to an eminent historian, by the time St Frideswide founded her church in Oxford the nearest centre of government was Headington. It is likely that she spent her childhood here and worshipped in a timber built church on this site. The first reference to the church is in a charter of Henry 1 in 1122.
FINAL LOCATION
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N 51° (F-B-G)(B+C).(E-D)(C+D+G)(A-B)
W 001° (E-H+G)(B+G).(H-F+A)(B+H-D)(F+G)
STAGE 1: Headington Baptist Church
A= The total number of 1 digits in white print on the glass of the front entrance. (by front door)
BC = The two-digit number on the black lamppost in front of church. (near side door – all the lampposts in this area are numbered.)
STAGE 2: St Andrew’s Church
DEFG = The date on the tallest obelisk-style grave, with a sundial, in front of the church converted from its Roman Numerals into regular numbers.
H = The number on the black lamppost outside the front of St Andrew’s church.
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
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