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One of the Rylstone's most iconic buildings, the church was constructed between 1852 and 1853 and has a gritstone exterior in a style known as 'churchwarden gothic'.

This delightful 12th century church is home to a magnificent 5 order Norman arched doorway and an internationally recognised 850 year old 'viking' wooden door.

Elstow's mighty 13th century bell tower, one of only a handful of freestanding church towers in the country, looks out across the spacious village green and stands side by side with the remaining part of a Norman abbey, which is now the parish church.

The Grade I church is mainly Victorianised Perpendicular.

The Meeting House is probably the oldest non-conformist place of worship anywhere.

The church is, at the highest point in the village, is on the site of the original church nave and has since been extended and rebuilt.

The Abbey was founded in the 7th century; St Aldhelm was the second abbot.

The church, designed by Colin Shewring, was built and dedicated in 1965, it is one of the most distinctive buildings on the estate and in Oxford, with its curved walls and roof.

Built of local red brick with stone banding from the previous church on the same spot, St Stephen includes a beautiful rounded apse with stained glass windows at the east end.

In the 1930s Arthur Mee realised that there were very few communities that had not suffered military fatalities in the First World War. He coined the term ‘Thankful villages’ to describe them and Minting is one such village.