St Mary's Church, Chastleton

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Chastleton, Oxfordshire, England. It is a parish church in the parish of Little Compton, along with those of Cornwell, Daylesford and Little Rollright. The parish is part of the Team Benefice of Chipping Norton, along with the parishes of Chipping Norton with Over Norton, Churchill and Kingham. The Benefice of Chipping Norton is part of the Diocese of Oxford.The church was built in about AD 1100 and enlarged in 1320. The present bell-tower was added in 1689. The church was restored in 1878–80 to the designs of C.E. Powell and is a Grade II* listed building.HistorySt Mary's parish church was built in about AD 1100, but there may have been a church on the same site before the Norman conquest of England. All that remains of the original Norman church are a door in the north wall, the arched pillars and possibly the font.