St Peter & St Paul's Church, Deddington
Deddington has quite the mighty parish church. We saw it from the castle and it piqued our interest immediately so of course we had to go and investigate. It ended up being the highlight of our time in Deddington, even though we ended up temporarily trapped in the road due to a co-op lorry getting stuck. These old village roads aren't built for lorries, why do they try! St Peter & Paul's can be dated all the way back to the 13th century. It once had a tall steeple and bell tower, but that collapsed into the body of the church in early 1634 rendering the site useless for a couple of years as the damage was so extensive. Charles I ordered that the Diocese raise enough money to rebuild and so they did exactly that and a couple of years later they'd built it up to what we pretty much can see today. This included the gold weather vanes and the statues representing St Peter and St Paul on the west side of the existing tower. To be fair, Charles I really owed thi...
