Headington / Old Headington
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: ca. 1842
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Image Source: wood engraving ca. 1842 by Orlando Jewitt, born in Headington and probably baptised in its font in 1799; in A Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford (1842-1846)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13011HEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: St Andrew's Road, Old Headington, Oxfordshire, OX3 9DL
Site Location: Oxfordshire, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 2.5 km ENE of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Bullingdon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? the original font of the Norman church -- famous person font? (Orlando Jewitt may have been baptised in the old font in 1799, if the old font was still in place; the new font was installed in 1802)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Gardner's Gazetteer (1852) [www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 30 June 2007]: "A neat font was presented by Mr. Richard Finch, who died in 1802." The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 5, 1957) notes: "The first record of the church of St. Andrew is Henry I's charter to the canons of St. Frideswide in 1122 granting them a chapel at Headington [...] but this charter may have been by way of confirmation, for the older foundation of St. Frideswide seems to have enjoyed tithes of the manor in Ethelred's time. [...] the earlier existence of the Headington peculiar must be assumed. [...] The chancel [...] was built of local stone about the middle of the 12th century." There is no mention of a font in the VCH entry for this parish. [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church; was it discarded ca. 1802 when the modern replacement font was installed?].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 623384 5736414
REFERENCES
- Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
- Gardner, Robert, History, gazetteer and directory of the County of Oxford, comprising [...], Peterborough: Printed and published by Robert Gardner, 1852, p. 797 / [www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/d.asp] [accessed 30 June 2007]