The Church House Story
St Mary’s Church, Church House and Oxfordshire CC
Church House was built in 1830 by the Revd Charles Baring as a Sunday School and was Adderbury Girls School from 1831 to 1962. When nationally the county councils became responsible for schooling, Oxfordshire County Council became owners.
In 1962 a new primary school in Adderbury, Christopher Rawlins, was built by Oxfordshire CC and Church House (together with the other school buildings in the village) became redundant.
The Church (Community) purchased the former girls’ school from Oxfordshire CC and funded the building of the flat roofed “back of house” area for Church and Community use.
Adderbury Cine Club will be showing the Ballad of Wallis Island in the Institute starting at 8.00 pm. The Ballad of Wallis Island follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favourite musicians, Mortimer-McGwyer (Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden) back together. His fantasy quickly turns into reality when the bandmates and former lovers accept his invitation to play a show at his home on Wallis Island. Old tensions resurface as Charles tries desperately to salvage his dream gig. To book tickets for the film go to 
We are seeking new members to join 1st Adderbury Scouts and Cubs in 2025. For details please go to 
On 4 June work will be starting to repair the wall along the Longwall footpath which borders with Adderbury Lakes. The footpath will remain open during the work, but if possible, please could pedestrians use an alternative route through the Sydenham Close amenity area to avoid the area of the work. If the Longwall footpath is used, please take care when passing the area being worked on. This work will take a few weeks and the Parish Council is unable to provide a completion date at the moment. Thank you for your support and understanding.
We are now into our 36th year of friendly cricket. We start the season with a couple of evening T20s before the longer Sunday games. New players are always welcome.