Stoke Talmage

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: view of the tower arch, and of the modern font and cover beneath the tower

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14380STO

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene

Church Location: Stoke Talmage, Oxfordshire, OX9 7EV, UK

Country Name: England

Location: Oxfordshire, South East

Directions to Site: Located 3 km SSW of Tetsworth

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Oxford

Historical Region: Hundred of Pyrton

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval

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No entry found for Stoke Talmage in the Domesday survey. The Victoria County History (Oxford, vol. 8, 1964) notes: "The early history of the church is confused. The first clear reference to it is in 1219, but the history of the advowson suggests an 11th-century origin at the latest [...] The medieval church was largely rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries; the tower is mainly 18th-century work, but the belfry windows may be older [...] There is a Victorian font", but a footnote informs of the earlier font: "For a sketch of the medieval font see MS. Top. Eccles. b 14 [i.e., the collection at the Bodleian Library][to be completed]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.687473, -1.020622

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 41′ 14.9″ N, 1° 1′ 14.24″ W

UTM: 30U 636823 5728134

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-03-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.