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The Parish Church of
St Matthew Oxhey
Vicar
Fr David Shepherd
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The History of Oxhey & St Matthew's Church
The history of Oxhey including a murderous king, monks, Vikings, Henry VIII and the creation of a new parish.
The Church dates from 1880.
The Interior includes a copy of the 1007 Charter of Æthelred the Unready and a memorial to the first pilot to shoot down a Zeppelin.
The Rev’d Newton Price, our forceful first vicar and local educationalist.
Other church buildings, past and present, include Oxhey Chapel, which was desecrated by Oliver Cromwell's troops in the Civil War.
You may also like to see the external web site www.ouroxhey.org.uk (opens in new window) which is part of a group of 'community memories' web sites under the umbrella of "Herts memories".
The church in 1911.
Publications and Family History Material
St. Matthew’s records are held at Hertfordshire County Archives and Local Studies Office:
Our catalogue number is DP117.
Go to the Access To Archives website at www.a2a.org.uk
Click on ‘Search these Catalogues’
Type in Keyword ‘Oxhey St Matthew’
- From menu under ‘Location of Archives’ choose ‘Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies’
- Click the red Search button.
Choose ‘Oxhey St Matthew Parish Records Hertfordshire’.
On the next page, click on ‘Catalogue in full’.
Recipes & Recollections is an affectionate dip into our archives for the years 1880 to 1980. Copies are available via our webmaster.
Oxhey History Booklet
Oxhey, The History of a Parish (820k) was written by Miss Marjorie Bray MA Cantab
in 1979 for the parish's Centenary. It may be downloaded for private use.
© Vicar
& Churchwardens of St Matthew's, 1979
Oxhey In Pictures
This book is available from several local sources, including local libraries. Published by the Oxhey Village Environmental Group (OVEG), it contains photographs, maps and illustrations of the area.
