Wendover / Wandoure / Wandovre / Wendoure / Wendovre / Wendower

There are two entries for Wendouver [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP8607/wendover/] [accessed 30 September 2015], neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 reports: "a beautiful font was presented by Robert Fox, Esq., of The Lodge, in 1840." Sheahan (1862) reports: "The font is modern, with a pyramidal carved oak canopy", and notes that the church was newly restored in 1839. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "The church of Wendover appears to have been attached to the manor [...] until the time of Faramus of Boulogne [ca.1105-ca.1184], who gave it to the priory of St. Mary Overy in Southwark during the reign of Henry II [i.e., 1154-1189], [...] It is probable that previous to the middle of the 13th century the church had a nave with north and south aisles and that at this date these were lengthened by two bays [...] The fittings throughout the church are modern, including the font, which is octagonal and designed in 14th-century style". The modern font reported in Sheahan, then, is probably from the 1838-1839 restoration. A visit to this church by Colin Smith on 16 August 2016 turned out two fonts, both of modern appearance; one is inside the church, octagonal basin decorated with traceried window panels on an octagonal moulded stem; the other is in the churchyard, octagonal basin with large rose on each panel, on an octagonal pedestal base and a plinth of the same shape; covered in lichens. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church, but Parker (1850) notes "the remains of a stoup" without a date in the south doorway]