Churches
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul date from the early 13th century. The church once had a tall spire but it collapsed onto the nave in 1634, rendering it unusable for several years. In 1643, during the English Civil War, Charles I requisitioned the bells from the damaged tower, presumably for scrap.
After 1643 there is no record of SS. Peter and Paul having any bells until the middle of the 18th century, by which time it had a ring of four. The present tower has a ring of eight bells cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry: six by Thomas Mears in 1791 and two by Mears and Stainbank in 1946.
SS. Peter and Paul's stained glass windows include the east window of the chancel by Charles Kempe and two windows at the east end of the north aisle by A.J. Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts.
Deddington Wesleyan Reform Church was built in 1851 and is a member of the Wesleyan Reform Union.
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