St Frideswide's Church

St Frideswide's Church
The Parish Church of St Frideswide
View of the church from the east. View of the church from the east.
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	stfrideswideschurch.org.uk
Architecture
Architect(s)	Samuel Sanders Teulon
Style	Gothic Revival
Administration
Diocese	Oxford
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Rev. Clare Sykes

St Frideswide's Church is a Church of England church on the south side of the Botley Road in New Osney, west Oxford, England. The church is in the parish of St Thomas.

The church is dedicated to the patroness of Oxford, St Frideswide. It was designed by the 19th-century Gothic Revival architect Samuel Sanders Teulon of Westminster, London, built by the local firm of Honour & Castle. The foundation stone was laid in 1870 and the church was consecrated on 10 April 1872 by John Mackarness, the Bishop of Oxford. It was originally intended for the church tower to have a spire.

In the nave is the "Alice Door", carved by Alice Liddell, a daughter of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, made famous through Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Immediately to the west is Osney Ditch.

Gallery

• St Frideswide's, Osney - geograph.org.uk - 1590381.jpg

  View of the church from the south.

• St Fridewides church - geograph.org.uk - 1102595.jpg

  View from the northeast.

See also

• Priory of St Frideswide, Oxford
• St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford