Oldbury-on-the-Hill / Aldebeire

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
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view of church exterior - detail
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of church interior
INFORMATION
FontID: 12852OLD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Arilda [aka St. Arild's] [redundant]
Church Patron Saints: St. Arilda [aka Arild, Ariva]]
Church Location: Oldbury-on-the-Hill, Didmarton, Badminton, Gloucestershire, GL9 1EA
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located 8 km SW of Tetbury, 24 km from Oldbury-upon-Severn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Grimboldestou [in Domesday
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
Font Notes:
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There is an entry for Oldbury[-on-the-Hill] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/ST8188/oldbury-on-the-hill/] [accessed 10 November 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. A font here is noted in Mee (1938): "the primitive little chalice font is perhaps the oldest possession". Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Unusual egg-shaped font, probably of 1768." [NB: the fabric of the church dates from the 13th century, but we have no information on the medieval font].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.5926, -2.263
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 35′ 33.36″ N, 2° 15′ 46.8″ W
UTM: 30U 551053 5715985
REFERENCES
Mee, Arthur, Gloucestershire, the Glory of the Cotswolds, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002