Church of St. John the Baptist at Okewood Hill

29th March 2007

Okewood church was built in c. 1220 as a chapel of ease to Wooton church. It contined in use until 1547 when, mistaken for a chantry chapel, it was siezed by the crown and sold. It was disused until 1553, when Queen Elizabeth decreed that it be reopened. It gained parish church status in 1853 with the formation of Okewood Civil Parish.

		Victorian cast iron plate with the (then) supposed date of the church's foundation.	Banner by the door
From the nave	Memorial in the nave	Here under lyeth the Body of / Mary, the Wife of Everſhed Hayne / Gent of Hale Houſe in this Pariſh / who Died Octr. the 7th Day 1741 / in the 29th Year of her Age. / In a Vault here alſo lies Inter'd the Body of EVERSHED HAYNE GENT. / died May 26. 1775 Aged 73 / Years / Alſo in the ſame Vault lied interr'd the / Body of MARY Wife of EDWD. COATES / and Daughter to the above who died / November 6th 1795. Aged 61 Years.	Altar window
Looking back down the aisle to the bell ringers' gallery	Sanctuary and wall paintings	Fragment of Mediaeval wall painting in the chancel	Mediaeval wall painting in the chancel
North Aisle	List of benfactors	Font	North Aisle and organ
The Lords Prayer and Apostles' Creed