St Barnabas Church Jericho Oxford.

Went for a walk in a place I know but I have never walked a few streets back off the main road, I did a few weeks back and this is what I found.
ST BARNABAS CHURCH JERICHO OXFORD
St Barnabas was built to minister to the spiritual and practical needs of the poor and labouring classes. The parish was formed from that of St Paul, Oxford, in 1869; St Paul's was in turn formed from parts of the parishes of St Thomas and St Giles. The church was founded by Thomas Combe (1796–1872), Superintendent of the Oxford University Press close to the church, and his wife Martha (1806–1893), now commemorated by a blue plaque installed by the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board.

They were supporters of the Oxford Movement (or Tractarian movement).
The first Parish Priest was Fr Montague Noel, SSC.
Below we have the Campanile.
I would of said tower but it is the description on Wikipedia.
Campanile is Italian, derives from the word Campana meaning Bell, is synonymous with bell tower.

I entered the church at 17:45 and this is how dark it was !Just me and the vicar in there. Actually didn't know the vicar
was in there until the music started playing!!!!
Didn't stay long.

You can just spot the Vicar if you look closely ..near the bottom on the left satat the organ or piano ..

The church is built with 3 Architectural types Victorian , Romanesque and Italianate.. Please click on links to read more info.

A few days later I went back to have a look in daylight .. this is the day I got kidnapped for the choir..(those that follow me on Facebook will know)

Surprising what you find when you go out walking into an areayou have not walked before.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥