Corpus Christi RC Church, Headington
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Corpus Christi RC Church, Headington
Image: © HelenK Taken: 14 Sep 2019
At mid-morning on this Saturday a Mass was in progress. Some of the bicycles outside belonged to people doing the 'Ride and Stride', a charity event in which participants visit churches on foot or by cycling. The Ride and Stride is very popular in Oxfordshire and already this outlying suburban church had received a dozen visitors. "The first stage for the plans for the Church, drawn up by Gilbert Gardner FRIBA, began to be executed. Cardinal Hinsley blessed the foundation stone on October 1st 1936 and a solemn opening by Archbishop Williams took place on February 18th 1937. ... Partly because of World War II and the scarcity of money and materials, the second stage of the original plan was not completed until 1953.... The simplicity of style of the Church has been described as ‘Californian Romanesque’." http://corpuschristiheadington.co.uk/church-history/
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Image Location
Latitude
51.757282
Longitude
-1.203983