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Adderbury, Oxon - St Mary Church

This is the church where Elizabeth Hayward was baptised on 11th June 1815. The Haywards in Adderbury can be traced back to 1599, and baptisms, marriages and burials nearly all took place here.

Adderbury village is in Oxfordshire, just 3 miles south of Banbury. There was considerable rivalry between Adderbury and neighbouring Bloxham, which led to a couple of rhymes:

Adderbury for length,
Bloxham for strength,
And Kings Sutton for beauty.
Bloxham dogs, come to Adderbury to buy your togs.

Adderbury is noted for its Church which features an impressive steeple, a magnificent chancel and 14th century stone carvings. The village is also noted for the many honey coloured Horton stone cottages in the older parts of the village.

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