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| The Oxfordshire
Historic
Churches
Trust was set up in 1964 with the aims of helping with grants to repair
and restore the churches of Oxfordshire, of encouraging wider interest
in them and of raising funds for these purposes. At its meetings during the year February to Sept 2010 the Trust approved 39 grants to churches and chapels throughout the County, totalling £164,000. Since its inception the value of its grants has amounted to some £3.5 million. Programme of events for members OHCT Leaflet [pdf] Support us through Click
on the Just Giving button above for an easy way to give directly to the
OHCT and to raise money on the |
 Bampton - St Mary The church received £20,000 for repairs to fabric in 2008  Sutton Courtenay - All Saints The church received £10,000 for repairs to the roof in 2008 |
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 Drayton - St Peter's The church received £2,000 for repairs to windows and electrical works in 2008 |
There are some 550
churches of all
denominations in the county, some 300 of medieval origin and many
dating back 1000
years. While their continuing primary purpose is to provide places of public worship, they are treasured for their architectural beauty and for their connections with national and local history and as focal points in their communities; without them our landscapes and towns would be much poorer. |
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The National Churches Trust furthers our cause at national level and we welcome the support it in turn provides to the national network of county trusts. In particular we welcome the introduction of a Partnership Scheme, which allows OHCT to recommend smaller repair projects for grant aid by the NCT. The table on the right shows grants recommended to NCT by OHCT, along with those made directly by OHCT. The
Landfill Community Fund scheme [download the above note (Word document)] |
Between
February and October 2011 OHCT approved direct grants
totaling £136,000 to 39 churches, as follows (right hand
column). A further 8 Partnership Grants, each of £2,500 were
recommended to NCT.
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| The links opposite lead
to web pages
describing how churches and chapels of all denominations can apply to
the
Trust for a grant and how you can support it through your personal
involvement
and financial support.
The Trust is a registered charity* and its officials and helpers are all volunteers. *Registered Charity No 235644 |
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Questions about the Trust
(unless answered on the website) may be made to The Hon Secretary, Martin Thompson. Reclaiming VAT - Updated 20th October 2010 - guidance on the LPW Grants Scheme, which reimburses VAT on repairs to Listed Places of Worship VAT Advice - further guidance - updated 22nd October 2010 - provided by The Tax Consultancy |
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| Maps showing the locations and OS Map References of many Oxfordshire
churches [by courtesy of Streetmap] List of Oxfordshire churches, their locations and Postcodes [pdf file] The following link provides details of the main features of some 30 churches in Oxfordshire Links to our surrounding counties Historical Churches Trusts websites:
These web pages are managed by Ben Simpson to whom technical queries, requests for edits etc may be addressed. |
Link to Dorchester
Abbey site
Link to Oxford Diocesan site Link to National Churches Trust (formerly known as Historic Churches Preservation Trust) Link to Ecclesiological Society site Link to Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme site Link to Oxford Diocesan Guild of Chruch Bell Ringers site Link to the C of E 'Building Faith for our Future' site for bulletins, key facts and other information Link to Funds for Historic Buildings site Link to www.churchcare.co.uk which contains a great deal of useful information for those responsible for church buildings, including information about funding. Link to English Heritage's Guide to Easy Access to Historic Buildings Link to http://www.oxfordshirechurches.info/ (A site aiming to show images of all Oxfordshire
Churches and Chapels, run by Brian J Curtis) Link
to Church
of England Gazette site
Link to a flier (pdf file) about THE CHURCH EXPLORER’S HANDBOOK in which visitors to this site may be interested. Link to Oxford Centre for Spiritual Growth (OCSG) |
