Pishill

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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "The church, Pishill. A [N]orman and late 13th century church, largely rebuilt in 1854."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andrew Smith, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 March 2008 by Andrew Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/755087] [accessed 1 November 2017]
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view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 14318PIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: Church Hill, Pishill, Oxfordshire, RG9 6HJ, UK
Country Name: England
Location: Oxfordshire, South East
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the B480, SE of Watlington, 8 km N of Henley-on-Thames, SE of Oxford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford
Historical Region: Hundred of Pyrton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century [re-cycled], Decorated [altered]
Font Notes:
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No entry found for Pishill in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 8, 1964) informs: "Pishill church was first mentioned in a papal confirmation of a grant to Dorchester Abbey, made between 1146 and 1163, by Stephen of Pishill, the lord of Pishill Napper manor [...] If, as seems likely, Pishill Napper was once in the parish of Watlington [...] the creation of the parish of Pishill and the building of its church must surely have taken place before 1129 when Oseney was founded", but does not mention a font. Sherwood & Pevsner (1974) write: "Font. Probably part of a C14 octagonal pier re-used." The entry for this church in British Listed Buildings [Listing NGR: SU7263689849] reports: "C14 octagonal font with mid C19 cover. "
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.6029, -0.9526
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 36′ 10.44″ N, 0° 57′ 9.36″ W
UTM: 30U 641789 5718859
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Oxfordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1974