St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Ozleworth

The small church of St. Nicholas of Myra is 30 km south of Gloucester in the village in a valley Ozleworth the county of Gloucestershire in England. His church never consisted of more than 150 people.

The small building is architecturally one of the most fascinating of the country. The church is surrounded by a large circular cemetery, which is a sign of old age in general. It is believed that the round enclosure already comes from the Celtic period, were taken over by the Romans and later by Christians.

It is possible that the present church is the successor of a wooden Saxon church, which is mentioned in a document around 940 AD. The original Norman building was built by Roger de Berkeley III. (born in 1094 ) was built in the early 12th century. It consisted of the present choir and the irregular hexagonal tower. This church tower is next to the Swindon Village the only one of its kind in England. The 1220 added nave brought almost doubling the size of the church. The richly decorated tower arch was inserted at the same time. The stairs to the gallery, on the north side of the choir was built into the wall and weakens the wall structure at this point. The interior houses a beautiful inscription from the 13th century.