Waterstock / Stoch

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view of church exterior - north view

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robin Webster, 2014

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06319WAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Leonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Church Location: Waterstock, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JR, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A40, E of the M40, WNW of Tiddington,7 km W of Thame, N of Gt Milton, E of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Thame
Font Location in Church: A font is located in the new building, but in exactly the same location it had in the old one
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
There is an entry for Waterstock [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP6305/waterstock/] [accessed 31 October 2017], but it mentions neither priest nor church in it. The Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1846) notes: "The Font is early, cylindrical, and quite plain, remaining apparently in its original position, as the drain when cleared of the obstructions in the upper part in 1829 was found to carry off the water readily, and has been regularly used to the present time". The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 7, 1962) notes: "The earliest evidence for the existence of Waterstock church, a rectory in Cuddesdon deanery, dates from about 1190 [...] The early medieval church was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century [...] the episcopal visitation of about 1520, when the church was found to be comparatively well cared for: the only faults noted were that the font was kept unlocked [...] a thorough restoration was carried out during 1857–8 under the direction of the architect G. E. Street [... at which time...] Parishioners gave a new pulpit, lectern, prayer desk, altar rails, and font. The medieval font, 'plain and round', had to be replaced as it no longer held water".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.7453, -1.0811
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 44′ 43.08″ N, 1° 4′ 51.96″ W
UTM: 30U 632474 5734453

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-04-19 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford, A, Oxford: John Henry Parker [for the Society], 1846