Spring fair at Holy Trinity Church, Headington, Oxford

March 21st, 2009 by Caroline

Holy Trinity Church, Headington, Oxford

It’s all stations go at Fabiola & Sing Sing today, as we prepare ourselves for a day at the fair, to support a local Oxford church.

Holy Trinity Church is a picturesque church in Headington Quarry, Oxford famous for being the place of worship for celebrated author CS Lewis who attended the church, and first preached there on 29th March 1942 on the subject “Religion and pleasure”.

Lewis and his brother, who was known as Warnie, always sat in the same pew in the church, beside the pillar to St George. In 1991, a stained glass window – known as the Narnia window in honour of CS Lewis’s incredibly popular books – was installed beside the pew.

Narnia window The window depicts Aslan the Lion as the sun, with the word Narnia in the rays of light coming from his mane, while on the right hand side you’ll find a flying horse, the castle Cair Paravel, and a talking tree.

I’m not sure if they have any talking trees in the graveyard, but if you hunt around you may very well stumble across the gravestone of CS Lewis himself.

It’s always good to support your local community, and we’re delighted to be attending Holy Trinity Church’s Spring Fair today. If you drop by, please say hello and take a look at our selection of gorgeous gifts and objects of desire – it could be your last chance to buy that special something before Mother’s Day tomorrow!

The fair is being held at The Coach House, Quarry Road, Headington, Oxford, between 1pm-5pm today.