Oving nr. Aylsbury / Olvonge / Ouvynge / Ulfingas / Vuinges
Image copyright © Jim Gorringe, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 December 2015)
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jim Gorringe, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2015 by Revd. Jim Gorringe
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 December 2015)
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: FONT PICS taken 11 December 2015 by Reverend Jim Gorringe, of Oving Parish (e-mail of 11 December 2015)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michael Trolove, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 December 2012 by Michael Trolove [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3276588] [accessed 11 December 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jim Gorringe, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2015 by Revd. Jim Gorringe
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 December 2015)
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jim Gorringe, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 December 2015 by Revd. Jim Gorringe
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 11 December 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01350OVI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Church Lane, Oving, Buckinghamshire, HP22 4HL
Site Location: Buckinghamshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A413 at Whitchurch, 6 km S of Winslow, 9 km NNW of Aylesbury
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ashendon
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Oving [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7821/oving/] [accessed 4 December 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it]. Sheahan (1862) notes: "The font is cylindrical and ancient: the basin very large." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The church of Oving was in existence in the 12th century. [...] The church [...] dates from early in the 13th century, so that the plan of the nave is probably of the 12th century, through no details of that date are now to be seen. The church underwent a restoration in 1867. [...] The font has a plain round bowl, which may be of the 13th century. The pulpit is of stone and modern." The Parish site [www.all-saints-oving.org.uk/history.htm] notes: "a plain tapering vessel with a deep rounded bowl, probably 13th century", located at the west end, south side.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Reverend Jim Gorringe, of Oving Parish, for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 646970 5750458
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.885498, -0.86449
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 53′ 7.79″ N, 0° 51′ 52.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: type unknown
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 187
- 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, p. 412