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Church of St Michael

A Grade I Listed Building in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire

St Michael: shrine & Easter Sepulchre formerly housing the relics of St Edburga, abbess of Aylesbury

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The shrine was brought here after the Dissolution from Bicester Priory & then used as an Easter sepulchre; the base is c16; several Purbeck marble columns support decorated arches & an internal vault; full length figures at corners; frieze of heads; the heraldry dates the monument to c.1312

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on 5 June 2019

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Building ID: 101053164
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