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THE Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the first round of historic UK places of worship to benefit from the Listed Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund.
Hundreds of places of worship across the UK will now be made weather-tight, safe and open for use. A total of 502 places of worship will receive between £10,000 to £100,000 to meet the costs of urgent repairs to roofs and rainwater disposal systems.
Money is also being provided for structural investigations; specialist reports and bat surveys. The successful applicants in the Diocese of Oxford were:Berkshire:Parish of Welford with St.
Swithin's Church, Wickham: 85,400All Saints Church, Wokingham, £19,800St Michael and All Angels, Lambourn £25,500Buckinghamshire:St Mary's Church, Shenley Church End £51,700St Mary the Virgin, Padbury, £50,200St John the Baptist, Little Missenden, Amersham, £71,200St.
Mary's Church, North Marston, £67,200Oxfordshire: St St Mary's Church, Black Bourton, £20,500St Margaret, Mapledurham, £13,200St Mary's Church, Childrey, Wantage £26,600St Swithun's Church, Merton, £99,200St Marys Banbury, £100,000St Nicholas Church, Britwell Salome, £43,200St John the Baptist Church, Stanton St John, £28,800St Denys' Church St Denys' Church, Northmoor £36,700