Aston Sandford / Astun Samford / Estone

There are three entries for Aston Sandford [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP7507/aston-sandford/] [accessed 2 December 2015], none of which mention cleric or church in it. Parker (1850) reports a modern font in this church. Parker (1850) and Sheahan (1862) report a modern font in this re-built church. The Victoria County History (Buckingham, vol. 4, 1927) notes: "The building was so considerably restored in 1878, its details being retooled and reset, that it is now difficult to assign accurate dates to its parts. The nave probably dates from the 12th century, the chancel from the 13th century [...]" but does not mention an early font. The present font consists of a tapering polygonal basin raised on a very Victorian base that includes a colour marble stem; if it is from the 1878 restoration of this church it would mean that Parker and Sheahan [cf. supra] saw anothern modern font here. [NB: the fabric of the building goes back to the 12th century [the nave] and the 13th century [the chancel], but we have no information on the earlier font(s) of this church].