Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Stowe is a

Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish and is occupied by Stowe School.

History

Stowe's

The earliest mention of the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessèd Virgin Mary^[4] is in Henry I's charter of 1130.^[3] The oldest part of the building is the late 13th-century three-bay arcade between the nave and the north aisle.^[3] The west tower was added in the first half of the 13th century, followed by the chancel in about 1350 and the south aisle and arcade in the latter part of the 14th century.^[3] Late in the 15th century both aisles were rebuilt and the Perpendicular Gothic nave clerestory and south porch were added.^[3] In the 16th century the Perpendicular Gothic north chapel was added, with an arcade of two bays between it and the chancel.^[3] The church was altered in the 18th century and is now a Grade II* listed building.^[5]

In the late 17th century a ring of five bells was hung in the bell tower.^[3] James Keene, who had foundries at Woodstock, Oxfordshire and Bedford,^[6] cast the second, fourth and fifth bells in 1654.^[7] Richard Keene cast the third bell in 1660 and the tenor in 1665.^[7] In 1988 John Taylor & Co of Loughborough cast a new treble bell, increasing the ring to six.^[7] The church has a Sanctus bell that was cast in about 1799.^[7]

Stowe House

Formerly the country seat of the

The teacher, author and murder victim Peter Farquhar taught at Stowe School and worshipped and preached at Stowe Parish Church.^[8][9]

Notes

Sources and further reading

• ISBN 0198691033
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• Page, William, ed. (1927). "Stowe". A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History
  . pp. 229–237.
• ISBN 0-14-071019-1
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