Wraysbury / Wirecesberie / Wireisberie / Wreysbury / Wyrardisbury / Wyrardsbury / Wyredesburi

There is an entry for Wraysbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TQ0173/wraysbury/] [accessed 21 November 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The font in this church is described in Sheahan (1862): "large, circular, and plain", without s suggested date for it. It is noted in Gyll's (1862) history of the Parish: "The font has a very antique character with a high wooden covering, large, circular, plain and columnar, standing on a square plinth under the gallery, between the nave and the aisle" [NB: it is not clear whether or not the font was in its original state at that point, but quite likely the font was damaged or altered during the major renovation that took place on the same year as Gill's History was published, in 1862]. Noted in the Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925): "The church [...] dates from the early part of the 13th century [...] in 1862 the church was extensively restored [...] The font has a cylindrical bowl, the upper part of which is probably a fragment of a 13th-century column with the base moulding inverted and cemented upon it; the lower part of the bowl and the base are of a subsequent period". Listed in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the Norman period. Described in the village web site [www.wraysbury.net/history/standrews.htm#standrews] [accessed 29 March 2009]: "The St. Andrew’s font is the oldest piece of masonry in the Church. The lower portion is the inverted top of a 13th century pillar. The centre piece is of a later date, but the rim is the oldest part of all, probably pre-Norman."