Lathbury / Lateberie [Domesday] / Latesberie

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symbol - tree - Tree of life - with 2 beasts

a/p Bond's description [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: a/p Bond's description [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - north view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Salmon, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2001 by John Salmon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/333084] [accessed 22 February 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philip Jeffrey, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2013 by Philip Jeffrey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3295659] [accessed 22 February 2016]
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view of font and cover

the modern font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre, [1936?]
Image Source: B&W photograph taken between 1925 and 1936 by Maurice Kitchener, in the Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre, ref. KIT/14/126B [Managed by MKCDC on behalf of the Kitchener Family] [https://ehive.com/account/4535/object/280305#prettyPhoto/0/] [accessed 22 February 2016]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 05433LAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Church Lane, Lathbury, Milton Keynes MK16 8JY
Country Name: England
Location: Buckinghamshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located just NE of Newport Pagnell, about 10 km ENE of Milton Keynes, between the A509 and the M1
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bunsty [in Domesday] -- Hundred of Newport
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes:
There are three entries for Lathbury [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8745/lathbury/] [accessed 22 February 2016], none of which mentions cleric or church in it. Sheahan (1862) notes the church as "an ancient structure [...] the earliet work in the building is Norman", but does no mention a font in it. A font is reported for this church in Bond (1908) among a number of Norman baptismal fonts ornamented with "a tree in the centre with a fierce beast on either side; this may be of Eastern inspiration, representing the Tree of Spiritual Life and Knowledge". The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "John de Bidun, founder of Lavendon Abbey, endowed it with Lathbury Church [ca. 1154?] [...] The church dates from the early 12th century [...] the whole fabric was restored in 1869 [...] The font and pulpit are modern. The modern font is located at the west end of the south aisle, just west of the south entranceway. [NB: Bond (1908) must have based his description of this font on an earlier source than Sheahan; we have no other information on the late-Norman font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.096882, -0.724096
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 5′ 48.77″ N, 0° 43′ 26.75″ W
UTM: 30U 655895 5774257

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-04-13 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
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