St Oswalds, Rockhampton Parish Church
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N 51° 38.232 W 002° 29.994
30U E 534608 N 5720806
A nice little village church in South Gloucestershire
Waymark Code: WM3FZE
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2008
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Rockhampton is a small village in the Vale of Berkeley. St. Oswald's Church has a lofty 14th Century tower, a 15th Century font and some fine stained glass windows. On the south side of the chancel there are two deeply splayed decorative windows. One llustrates St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, holding the severed head of St. Oswald; Below there is a panel depicting the miracle of the otters reviving St. Cuthbert at the water's edge.
The other window illustrates King Oswald together with the depiction of a feast where St. Aidan blessed King Oswald's hand after his Christian almsgiving to the poor.
The Church is dedicated to St. Oswald, King and Martyr. He was born 605 AD, son of Ethelfrith, and became King of Northumbria in 636. With the aid of the forementioned Aidan, a monk from Iona, he worked to establish the Christian religion throughout his kingdom. Oswald died at the battle of Haverfield in 642.
Building Materials: Stone
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