| Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust | |
| Map: | Oxfordshire UK locator map 2010.svg |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Map Alt: | Map of Oxfordshire |
| Abbreviation: | OHCT |
| Named After: | Oxfordshire |
| Formation: | 1964 |
| Founding Location: | Oxfordshire |
| Type: | Nonprofit |
| Status: | charity |
| Purpose: | Historic church preservation |
| Location City: | Oxford |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Region Served: | Oxfordshire |
| Products: | Publications |
| Services: | Grants |
| Methods: | Events |
| Fields: | Cultural heritage |
| Language: | English |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Stephen Goss |
| Leader Title2: | Secretary |
| Leader Name2: | Richard Hughes |
| Leader Title3: | Treasurer |
| Leader Name3: | Giles Dessain |
| Leader Title4: | Grants Officer |
| Leader Name4: | Cynthia Robinson |
| Leader Title5: | Membership Secretary |
| Leader Name5: | Phoebe Hart--> |
| Publication: | Annual Review |
| Parent Organization: | National Churches Trust[1] |
| Funding: | Donations |
The Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT) provides financial support with repairs and certain improvements to churches and chapels in Oxfordshire, England, without regard to their denomination.
ONCT encourages interest in Oxfordshire churches and chapels and undertakes fundraising,[2] partly through an annual sponsored 'Ride & Stride' event held in September,[3] [4] and through JustGiving.[5]
The Trust was established in 1964. Sir Hugo Brunner, formerly Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, has been a Trustee of OHCT and has helped with fund-raising activities, including formal openings.[6] By 2011, the value of the Trust's grants to churches and chapels had amounted to around £3.5 million. The chairman at the time since 1999, Christopher H. Walton, received an MBE for raising and distributing more than £2 million for Oxfordshire churches in his work for the Trust.[7] In 2016, it was announced that the Trust's 2014 Jubilee Campaign (50 years after its establishment) had raised £3 million in donations of cash and legacies, helping churches such as St Mary's Church, Chalgrove.[8] In 2024, the Trust provided finance to help with urgent repairs of St Mary's Church, Bampton, which featured in the television drama series Downton Abbey.[9]
As part of its activities, OHCT produces publications related to historic churches in Oxfordshire.[10]