Charlbury

No entry found for Charlbury in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 10, 1972) notes: "Charlbury church was among the possessions of Eynsham Abbey in 1197/8, having probably passed to the abbey with Charlbury manor in 1094 [...] There are some indications that in the 12th century the church was cruciform. The earliest surviving part of the building is a 12thcentury arcade of three arches on the north side of the nave [...] In 1856 the church was repaired and refitted in accordance with the designs of G. E. Street. The high box pews and the pulpit and font were replaced, and the galleries were removed". The baptismal font at Charlbury St. Mary's consists of a plain cylindrical basin raised on an moulded octagonal base; the two pieces that make up the font are totally at odds with each other, which may perhaps indicate that the basin is a re-tooled earlier piece; it is located in the south aisle across from the south doorway.