St Barnabas Church Jericho is a Church of England parish church in Jericho, central Oxford, England, located close to the Oxford Canal. It is also informally known as 'Oxford Basilica'.
View of St Barnabas Church and its campanile
View of the campanile from Canal Street in Jericho, Oxford.
St Barnabas Church from the Oxford Canal in Jericho.
View of the campanile from the northwest across the Oxford Canal.
Thomas Combe was a British printer, publisher and patron of the arts. He was 'Printer to the University' at Oxford University Press, and was also a founder and benefactor of St Barnabas Church, near t
St Barnabas Church, Oxford
…from that of St Paul, Oxford, in 1869; St Paul's was in turn formed from parts of the parishes of St Thomas and St Giles. The church was founded by Thomas Combe (1796–1872), Superintendent of the Oxford University Press close to the church, and his wife Martha (1806–1893), now commemorated by a blue plaque…
Thomas Combe, by W Holman Hunt
The campanile of St Barnabas Church, Oxford, founded by Thomas Combe and his wife Martha.
Thomas Combe by John Everett Millais, 1850.
Bust of Thomas Combe by Thomas Woolner, 1863, on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.