St Peter-in-the-East

St Peter-in-the-East is a 12th-century church on Queen's Lane, north of the High Street in central Oxford, England.[1] The churchyard to the north is laid out as a garden and contains a seated bronze statue depicting St Edmund as an impoverished student.The Norman parts of the current church were built around 1140 by Robert D'Oilly, who was then Governor of Oxford.In the twentieth century, changes in the demographics of central Oxford, mainly as a result of the First World War, led to a significant decline in the size of the congregation, and the church closed in 1965.[2] The 12th-century church originally consisted of a crypt, chancel, and nave, extending to just beyond the south door.
The interior of the church of St Peter-in-the-East, now the College Library of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
The interior of St Peter-in-the-East, which is now the College Library of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
Seated statue of St Edmund of Abingdon in the churchyard.
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