Chieveley / Chivele / Chivelea / Chyveleye / Cifanlea / Cifelei / Civele / Civelea / Civelei [Domesday]

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design element - motifs - quatrefoil

design element - motifs - trefoil

view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pam Brophy, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 August 2005 by Pam Brophy [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/39265] [accessed 1 November 2011]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 01324CHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Church Lane, Chieveley, Berkshire, RG20 8UT
Country Name: England
Location: Berkshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A34, just N of the M4, 6 km N of Newbury, 40 km S of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Rowbury [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Faircross
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
There is an entry for Chieveley [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SU4773/chieveley/] [accessed 12 May 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Cox & Harvey (1907) list a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period in Chieveley. The Victoria County History (Berkshire, vol. 4, 1924) notes: "The church at Chieveley was no doubt built by the abbey of Abingdon, and all dues from it went to that abbey and were confirmed to it in 1152 by Pope Eugenius III. [...] The earliest parts of the present building are the chancel and the lower part of the tower, which belong to the 13th century. [...] The font is octagonal and of 15th-century date with quatrefoil panels to the bowl and the stem has small trefoiled panels. The base is moulded." [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the earlier church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.463749, 30U 616792 5702738
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 27′ 49.49″ N, 1° 19′ 7.33″ W
UTM: 30U 616792 5702738

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-11-01 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907