Oxford No. 13 / Oxeneford

There are thirteen entries for Oxford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5106/oxford/] [accessed 9 November 2016], two of which mention a church in each. Noted in Gardner's Gazetteer (1852) [http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 30 June 2007]: "A new font has been erected in the north transept, -of Caen stone, elaborately wrought, standing on eight short pillars of Purbeck marble. A high cover with a crane of wrought iron, for lifting it off and on, is to be added." This font is noted in Sherwood & Pevsner (1974) as "by Butterfield, of 1851". This same source describes the other font at Merton College Chapel: "a gorgeous piece of Siberian green marble with an elliptical bowl. According to the inscription it was given by Tsar Alexander in 1816." [NB: the original Chapel dates from the late 13th century, the transept itself was built in the 14th century -- we have no information on the earlier font of this church]