St Nicholas' Church, Islip

The late Romanesque north nave arcade survives, with two squat round piers, and a single round-headed window has been reset at the west end of the south aisle.

[4] They included an Adoration of the Magi[5] and a weighing of souls,[6] both of which were considered to have been painted late in the 14th century.

[citation needed] The Church of England parish is now part of the Benefice of the Ray Valley.

Monks from Westminster Abbey studying at Gloucester College, Oxford used to celebrate the feast of St. Edward at the chapel.

[1] In April 1645 during the English Civil War the chapel was damaged in a military engagement, and in the 1780s it was demolished.

[2] In 2006 the Channel 4 archaeology programme Time Team visited Islip and tried unsuccessfully to find the remains of the chapel.