Posts in category St James Church
Nativity 2018
Just a few photos, taken by Clifford Reeves, of the wonderful Nativity, held in St James’ church. The play was a lovely start to Christmas, with many turning out to both watch and take part!
St James’ Church by David Ross
St James’ church, Somerton Rarely have I enjoyed a church so much as the Church of St James, Somerton. The church stands on a rise of ground on the south side of Church Street, looking out over the Cherwell Valley. The path leads past a gnarled apple tree, which was bright with pinkish blossoms […]
Windows on Time
Completed East Window The Windows in St. James’ Somerton, like the church and the village have a history which can be traced back over several hundred years. The most famous stained glass window, the Whall window, is the subject of a separate presentation. But others are of considerable interest. Repair and restoration of some of […]
THE BLESSING OF THE WATER
A Russian Orthodox Service On Sunday 24th January 2016, during the week of Christian Unity and the Orthodox week of Theophany and with the Bishop’s blessing, we were delighted and privileged to welcome the Russian Orthodox Church of the parish of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oxford to St. James for the “Blessing of the […]
Nativity Service 2015
NATIVITY SERVICE The Somerton Nativity play took place, as is now tradition, on Christmas Eve at 4pm. A multitude of the heavenly host (average age 4), a donkey, three sheep, four wise (wo)men, a real baby Jesus and the Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry (as Herod) assembled to entertain the congregation. As ever, there had […]
Church Guide
St James, Somerton, Oxfordshire A Guide Introduction TheChurchofSt Jamesin Somerton stands on a knoll to the south of one of the tracks leading down from the tableland to the east to the water meadows along the Cherwell. The church is unusually large and imposing for what has never been a large village. It contains remarkable […]
The work of Henry Wilson
THE WORK OF HENRY WILSON AT ST. JAMES’S CHURCH Restoration ofSt.James church was proposed in 1889, the architect being John Sedding who described the church as ‘of great interest’ for ‘the singularity of its appearance, and its value as a specimen of an Old English church, unspoiled by modern interference’. The restoration was originally conceived […]
The Good, The Bad & The Absent
THE GOOD THE BAD & THE ABSENT – A few of the more notable Rectors of Somerton In an age when the living of a parish was in the hands of the King, the Church, the Lord of the Manor or indeed anyone who cared to purchase it, it is not surprising that those who […]
