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Saint Matthews Churchyard

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Location	:	Harwell, Vale of White Horse District, England
Website	:	www.harwellandchiltonchurches.org.uk/
Coordinate	:	51.5983510, -1.2908880
Description	:	St. Matthew's Church Harwell is a listed building. It stands on a small eminence adjacent to Princes Manor farm to the East, and is bounded to the West by a stream which rises in the nearby area of Wellshead. The Church has rubble walls of clunch covered with plaster on the inside and roughcast on the outside and was mainly built in the 13th Century. Then on the Wallingford to Gloucester highway, St. Matthews size reflects the existence of a large population in the village. Formerly dedicated to St. Mary the rededication date to St. Matthew's is not known. 11th to... Read More	St. Matthew's Church Harwell is a listed building. It stands on a small eminence adjacent to Princes Manor farm to the East, and is bounded to the West by a stream which rises in the nearby area of Wellshead. The Church has rubble walls of clunch covered with plaster on the inside and roughcast on the outside and was mainly built in the 13th Century. Then on the Wallingford to Gloucester highway, St. Matthews size reflects the existence of a large population in the village. Formerly dedicated to St. Mary the rededication date to St. Matthew's is not known. 11th to 13th Centuries In the 11th and 12th centuries there was a chancel and aisleless nave: of the latter, some clunch foundations which include stone set in the herringbone style were found when the floors in the nave, aisles and transepts were renewed in 1963. A chapel in mentioned In the Doomsday Survey and in 1074 a dwelling and certain tithes (those normally reserved for the upkeep of the church and the care of the poor) were granted to the Chapel of St. George in the newly built castle at Oxford. These and similar tithes elsewhere were transferred in 1149 to Osney Abbey. The design and architectural details of much of the present church was influenced by Augustinian Monastery. Always the church has been connected with the Upper Manor which was granted by William the Conqueror to Rollers d'Oyley who in turn gave it, with others in Oxfordshire, to his comrade Roger d'Iveri the Barony (or Honour) so formed had its capital seat at Beckley, Oxon. After the d'Iveri line had become extinct, the Honour was granted, in about 1157 to the family of St. Valery. During the 13th century various freeholders held the Manor, the most notable of these being Sir Jocelyn Balliol and his decedents who held half a Knights fee. There was an important influence after 1231 when the honour with that of Wallingford was bestowed on the King's brother, Richard Earl of Cornwall, and on his son Edmund after Richards's death in 1272. 13th to 20th Centuries Rectors appointed by Edmund were his treasurer, Roger de Drayton (1276 -1292) and a keeper of his wardrobe, Roger de Marlowe (1292 1310) known for his letters and letter book: Walter de London (1310 1349) was non-resident being a King clerk and holding several other benefices including eventually the Deanery of Wells. The Black Prince between 1359 and 1361, increased the endowments by successive grants of advowson of the College of St. Nicholas in his castle at Wallingford, the church (that in the Rectorial tithes) and the Upper Manor. When the College was suppressed in 1548 they reverted to the Crown. 1557 the Loder family, the tenants of the Manor Farm, were able to purchase the Manor and the advowson. In the 18th Century, these passed to the Raymonds and in the 19th Century to the Chetwodes. Since 1916, the patron has been the Church Pastoral Aid Society. 1976 Harwell became a united benefice with Chilton under the joint patronage of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Patronage and C.P.A.S.

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