Hughenden / Hitchenden / Hitchendon / Huchedene / Huchendene / Hugenden / Hugendon / Hughenden Valley Hychenden
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 26 February 2008 by Hans A. Rosbach [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_20080726-16.jpg]
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: in some (?) of the spandrels of the arcade
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 31 December 2014 by Rob Farrow [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4316605] [accessed 16 October 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2008
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design element - motifs - vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 26 February 2008 by Hans A. Rosbach [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_20080726-16.jpg]
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 April 2014 by Bill Nicholls [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4028985] [accessed 16 October 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2008
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view of font and cover in context - west side
Scene Description: notide the large repair patch on the bottom left side of the font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bill Nicholls, 2014
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans A. Rosbach, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2008 by Hans A. Rosbach [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_20080726-17.jpg]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01019HUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Hughenden Park, Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire, HP14 4LA
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off the A4128, 6-7 km N of High Wycombe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Desborough
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Norman / Transitional?
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Hughenden [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU8696/hughenden/] [accessed 16 October 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Langley (1797) writes: "The font is round, adorned with arch-work and a flowered fascia." Noted in Lysons (1806-1833) as a round baptismal font decorated with arches ["Hitchenden" in Lysons]. Lewis' Dictionary edition of 1848 describes it simply as "a curious font". Noted in Parker (1850) with reference to Lipscomb. Sheahan (1862) notes a large font here, "Norman and sculptured". Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of (1870-1872) notes "a good ancient round font" in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) has: "The font, dating from the early 13th century, is a cylindrical form enriched with continuous trefoiled panels with a foliated band at the top." Described and illustrated in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.651632, -0.749644
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 39′ 5.87″ N, 0° 44′ 58.72″ W
UTM: 30U 655675 5724691
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2006-12-26 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Langley, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough, and Deanery of Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire […], London: Printed for R. Faulder […] and B. and J. White, 1797
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Lipscomb, George, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, London: J.B. Nichols, 1831-1843
Lysons, Daniel, Magna Britannia, being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806-1822
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England: Oxfordshire, Oxford, London: Published under the sanction of the Central Commitee of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland [by] John Henry Parker, 1850
Sheahan, James Joseph, History and topography of Buckinghamshire, comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain, London; Pontefract: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts; William Edward Bonas [...], 1862
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872