Easington is a small village in the
civil parish of
Cuxham with Easington, in the
South Oxfordshire district, in the county of
Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5.5 miles (9 km) north of
Wallingford and about 6 miles (10 km) south of
Thame. In 1931 the parish had a population of 20.[1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with
Cuxham to form "Cuxham with Easington".[2]
Parish church
The
Church of England parish church of
Saint Peter was built in the 14th century. It consists of a continuous
nave and
chancel with no chancel arch between them. The chancel masonry is
ashlar, noticeably better-dressed and more evenly coursed than that of the nave. The church building includes a 12th-century
Norman doorway re-used from an earlier church on the same site.[3] The
font is tub-shaped, suggesting that it too is Norman. The chancel windows are
Perpendicular Gothic. The east window has
ogeetracery and includes 14th century
stained glass.[3] The
piscina also is ogeed. Beside the east window on the east wall are the remains of a medieval
wall painting. The woodwork of the
pulpit and reading desk are
Jacobean items carved in the 17th century. The pulpit bears the date 1633 but Sherwood and
Pevsner suggest that it was assembled in the 19th century from Jacobean materials.[3] St. Peter's is a
Grade II* listed building.[4]
Gallery
St. Peter's parish church: porch with Norman doorway
St. Peter's parish church: east window of chancel
St. Peter's parish church: piscina
St. Peter's parish church: remains of wall painting in chancel