Stokenchurch / Stokingchurch

No entry for Stokenchurch found in the Domesday survey. The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England: Oxfordshire (1850) notes that the fabric of the church goes back to the Early English period, but the font is Perpendicular. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 3, 1925) notes: "Stokenchurch was a chapelry of Aston Rowant with a chapel and cemetery of its own in the early 13th century. [...] The nave, which dates from the latter half of the 12th century [...] The font has an octagonal limestone bowl with a moulded lower edge, a bell-shaped stem and a moulded base; it is apparently of early 13th-century date and was originally circular, but was recut to its present shape in the 15th or 16th century. The cover is probably of 17th-century date and has a central vertical handle." The Parish web site [http://spchurch.co/home-3/history/] [accessed 19 October 2015] notes: "The font is much older, dating from the 13th Century, and is made of cut limestone. It was remodelled in the 15th Century and was lined with lead in the 19th Century. The Font has a 19th century wooden cover which originally bore a brass inscription, however, as the plate has been polished over time the inscription has become illegible. The Font has been moved at least once when the nave was extended in the 17th Century and until 2013 was located at the west end of the church. The Font is now opposite the south door, in front of the second world war memorial window."