The Church

Saint Andrew’s Church is one of three buildings in Sandford-on-Thames considered by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as being worthy of mention in ‘The Buildings of England’; his epic index of Britain's architectural heritage. All the buildings in Sandford-on-Thames listed by Sir Nikolaus were founded by religious orders. Photographs and details of all of them can be found in the Sandford-on-Thames Home Page.

The church was founded in 1080 and the village appears in the Doomsday Book. The Sandford Cartulery is a major document of Norman England. The Benedictine Convent (now The Priory pub) and Knights Templars House (now Four Pillars Hotel) are still in the Parish. The Oxford Martyr Napier of Holywell Manor was buried in Sandford, after being hung, drawn and quartered.

The Church was rebuilt in 1840 and the nineteenth-century school closed in the 1960s. The paper mill at the lock (where the examination scripts of Undergraduates were pulped) was demolished in 1983 and has become a smart residential area.

The Parochial Church Council meets in Church after the Easter Vestry (Sunday after Easter) and in the Parish Room ('Welch Room') adjacent to the Church tower in June, September, December and February.

The Village & Parish Magazine, edited by Prue Sykes, is delivered to everyone (except where declined) in March, June, September and December. The web version can be seen here.

Regular events include;

• The River Run (17.00, last Saturday in June),

• Fête (second Saturday in July),

• Quiz Night (February),

• Youth Club (19.00 Wednesdays in the Village Hall),

• Bingo (19.30 Thursdays in the Village Hall).