The church of ST. OSWALD consists of a chancel measuring internally 23 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft., organ chamber, north vestry, nave 35 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft., north aisle 28 ft. by 9 ft. 6 in., south porch and west bellturret.
With the exception of some old walling and one window in the south wall of the chancel the building is modern. The east window is of three trefoiled lights, and in the south wall is a square-headed trefoiled light of the 15th century; near this are an old piscina and a modern two-light window. The modern chancel arch is pointed. The north arcade of the nave is in three bays, and in the opposite wall are two three-light trefoiled windows and a south doorway. The roofs of chancel and nave are low pitched and panelled.
The font is modern.
In the chancel is the effigy of a knight in mail and surcoat; he has prick spurs but no gambeson and his hood is folded back, his bare head showing a profusion of curly hair; his hands are folded, and on his arm is a shield bearing a label of five points. In the north aisle is a slab incised with two floreated stepped crosses; one has a shield bearing three cocks, doubtless for William Sawcock (see below), and a sword crossed behind it; the other cross has a book on one side and a pair of shears on the other. Hidden behind the organ is a slab with the matrices of two figures with their shields below.
In the north aisle is a late 12th-century slab incised with a cross and bearing an inscription of which only 'Hic jacet Joha . . . .' can now be deciphered.
There are two modern bells.
The plate includes a fine cup, silver gilt, the bowl repoussé and bearing the London mark of 1616, while the plain stem, which replaces the original stem, bears the York letter for 1706, a cup of c. 1710 stamped BU in three places, but containing no date mark, a foot paten of 1708 and a large pewter almsdish.
The registers begin in 1693.
[From British History Online]
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