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Annual Fair and Flower Festival
What St Giles' Fair is:
For centuries, showmen and hucksters have gathered in and around St
Giles on the first Monday and Tuesday in the week after the 1st
September to celebrate St Giles’ day (1 September).
This can be as late as 8th September in some years.
Henry Taunt
documented fair in pictures in the early 1900s
St Giles Church Choir sings on and joins in celebrations
to bless the fair from the
Galloping Horses roundabout |
If St Giles day itself falls on a Sunday (which is the first
day of the week), as ordained by ancient statute, this means that the
celebrations take place in the next following week!
St Giles Church is always open to refresh weary souls on both days, and plays
host to an attractive Flower Festival.
Choir Procession to St Giles Fair 2004 (P.Chen) |
With the Bishop of Oxford presiding,
St Giles Choir sings at the Galloping Horses on the Sunday before
the Fair 2004 (Oxford Mail and Times) |
Fair from Oxfam Bookshop |
The Rotor from the St Giles Church Tower |
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