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Radley is a village and civil parish about northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is home to Radley College, a famous boarding independent school for boys from the age of thirteen. ==Parish church== The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great was built in about 1290. The church is built of stone, but unusually its roof is supported by wooden pillars installed by a medieval Abbot of Abingdon, who was told in a vision to ''"seek () in the forest"''. The present south aisle dates from the 14th century but the chancel, nave and bell tower were rebuilt in the 15th century.〔 The windows contain Royal heraldic stained glass from the latter part of the 15th century and from the Tudor period. In the tower is a stained-glass portrait believed to represent King Henry VII. The church is missing its north aisle and transept, which were destroyed during the Civil War.〔 The south doorway is 15th century but an inscription on the present door states that it was made in 1656. In the chancel is a Renaissance style monument to the lord of the manor, Sir William Stonhouse (died 1632), made by Nicholas Stone. The canopy over the pulpit is said to have originally stood behind the Speaker's chair in the House of Commons and was given to the church by local man, Speaker William Lenthall, in 1643.〔 If so, it is the canopy from under which Parliamentarian soldiers dragged Lenthall at the end of the Long Parliament. St. James' is a Grade II * listed building.〔 The tower has a ring of six bells. Abel Rudhall of Gloucester cast five of them including the tenor in 1754.〔 Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the present treble bell in 1952.〔 St. James' has also a Sanctus bell that Henry I Knight of Reading cast in 1617.〔 The former vicarage next to the church was built in the 15th century.〔 Past incumbents of the parish have included the future bishops Charles Gore (1893–95) and James Nash (1895–98). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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