Bow Brickhill / Bellebrikhulle / Bolle Briculle / Bolle Briculle / Brichelle / Brichull / Brickhill Bow

There are four entries for [Bow] Brickhill [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP9034/bow-brickhill/] [accessed 2 February 2016], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Parker (1850) notes the font here as "a tolerable specimen" of the Perpendicular style. Described in Sheahan (1862): "The font is octagonal in form, and on the pedestal supporting it, are four eagles displayed." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The church dedicated in honour of All Saints (fn. 107) is said to have been given by the Chaunceys to Woburn Abbey in 1185. [...] The living fell vacant in 1283 [...] The nave probably dates from the 12th century, but it was so completely remodelled in the 15th century as to obliterate the earlier details. [...] The octagonal font has a panelled bowl, below which are figures of angels with outspread wings. It dates from the 15th century. In one of the panels is a shield charged with two implements, perhaps instruments of the Passion." Described in Pevsner (1960): "Font. Perp., octagonal, with quatrefoil, trefoil and tracery panels". The Parish Church web site [www.bowbrickhill.com/church3.html] adds: "The font dates from the fifteenth century; it has an octagonal bowl, with cusped circular and quatrefoil panels. In one panel is a shield with arms, two tau crosses or mallets. The bowl is supported by figures of angels with outstretched wings. The stem is octagonal with moulded base."