Wingrave / Withungrave / Witungrave / Wiungraua / Wiungrava

There are five entries for Wingrave [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8719/wingrave/] [accessed 24 November 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it, except for the name of 'Turstin the priest', who is reported as lord here in 1086. Sheahan (1862) writes: "The font is large and circular, of equal size from top to bottom, and has no ornament or sculpture, save only a wreathed border or fillet, round its lower edge." The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The church dates from the latter part of the 12th century, and was probably built by William son of Alured de Wedon [...] The church was thoroughly restored in 1887–8 [...] and in 1898 the upper part of the tower was rebuilt [...] The font dates from the 12th century and is circular. Around the lower edge of the bowl, which is supported on a modern stem and base, is a cable moulding." Noted in Pevsner (1960): "Font. Circular, Norman, with one band of rope." The basin is bucket-shaped and plain, except for the thick rope moulding at the bottom; raised on a modern plain cylindrical pedestal base. [NB: Sheahan (ibid.) reports that the adjacent hamlet of Rowsham, part of the civil parish, had an medieval chapel dedicated to St. Lawrence, but had been destroyed "long since" Sheahan's time].