All Saints, Church
Church End, Croughton, Brackley NN13 5LS, United Kingdom
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Monday: 9–17
Tuesday: 9–17
Wedneasday: 9–17
Thursday: 9–17
Friday: 9–17
Saturday: 9–17
Sunday: Close
Tuesday: 9–17
Wedneasday: 9–17
Thursday: 9–17
Friday: 9–17
Saturday: 9–17
Sunday: Close
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Saints are 12th-century Norman. They include the arch of the west tower and the three-bay north arcade. The south arcade, also of three bays, is 13th-century Early English Gothic. In the 14th century new windows were inserted, the clerestory and north and south porches were added. The font was Romanesque but was re-cut in the 14th or 15th century. The pulpit is 17th-century. All Saints is a Grade I listed building.
In the 14th century a series of murals was painted inside the church including numerous scenes from the life of Jesus and a Doom painting. The wall paintings were painted over during the Reformation in the 16th century, but were rediscovered in 1921 and restored in 1960.
The west tower of All Saints has a ring of five bells. All were cast and hung by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough in 1923.
In All Saints' churchyard southeast of the chancel are the base and broken shaft of a Medieval stone cross. An historic elm reputedly stood in the churchyard for 800 years. It is believed to have died of Dutch elm disease in the 1970s, but its demise was in the early 1900s.